Serving our roasted chicken with cider without a worthy side dish would be a shame. That’s why we made this amber saffron mashed potatoes 🙂 .
Mashed potatoes is a classic side dish we love so much; for Christmas lunch we wanted to change it a bit , replacing the black pepper and nutmeg, with saffron and crushed All spice (just a pinch but not to cover the scent of saffron 😉 ).
The saffron won’t only perfume your kitchen while you’ll be preparing the dish, but it also gives a beautiful amber color to the potatoes making it perfect for the festive atmosphere 😀 .
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Saffron mashed potatoes
Ingredients
- 12 potatoes the best type are the ones with white paste
- 350 ml fresh milk
- 3 tablespoons of butter
- 2 sachets of saffron preferably stigmas
- all spice for garnishing
- salt
Instructions
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Boil the potatoes in salted water, whole and unpeeled, for 25-30 minutes. Check the cooking with a fork.
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While waiting for the potatoes, mix the milk, butter, salt and saffron and heat the mixture.
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Drain the potatoes and mash them within the same cooking pot, so they will remain hot.
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Add the milk to the potatoes, then with a wooden spoon, beat the potatoes vigorously to combine the ingredients.
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Serve warm garnished with ground all spice.