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Preparation info
  • To serve

    four

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in

By Caroline Conran

Published 1978

  • About

This is a Welsh dish combining potatoes and turnips to make a lovely buttery purée dotted with pools of hot cream.

Ingredients

  • 450 g (1 lb) potatoes
  • 450 g (1

Method

Boil the peeled potatoes and turnips in separate saucepans - this is essential to obtain the authentic flavour. Drain and mash each vegetable separately with 25 g (1 oz) of butter. Now combine the two purées, season with salt and freshly ground pepper and beat thoroughly until you have a light soft mixture. Pile it up into a heated dish, stick the handle of a wooden spoon or a finger into the p