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DownloadMashed potatoes with extra tasty bits.
This is a Belgian recipe.
Using simple ingredients, this dish has as many variations as there are people cooking it, and the use of vegetables in this way is traditional in northern European cuisine.
This recipe contains the following types of ingredient: meat and poultry; dairy and honey; plants and fungi.
Ingredients
Method
Preparation
Peel the potatoes, peel the carrots, clean up the leeks in the usual way.
Cut the potatoes for boiling, the carrots small, and the leeks into finger thick rings.
Trim the fat from the bacon, and use as below.
Cooking
Render the bacon fat for a few minutes in a frying pan and then discard (or consume) the bits.
Fry the bacon until nicely crispy and break up into bits.
Cook the potatoes as per Mashed potatoes and cook the carrots and leeks in a steamer above the potatoes.
Assembly
Add the spices, oil, carrots, leeks and half the bacon bits to the mashed potatoes and mix gently.
Spoon the potatoes into a serving dish and decorate with the remaining bacon bits.
To serve
Serve hot as a main course dish.
Variations
Use soya milk and omit the bacon for a vegan side dish.