Peruvian Mashed Potatoes

Name: Peruvian Mashed Potatoes
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Peru
Ingredients: 4 oz/125 g Monterey Jack or other mild cheese, cut in small cubes.; ¼ cup/75 g black olives; salt and pepper; 2 lb/1 kg baking potatoes, peeled and cut in pieces; 1 onion, chopped; ¼ cup/60 ml olive oil; ½ tsp red pepper flakes (or to taste); 1 jalapeño or other fresh hot chili pepper, cored, seeded and finely chopped; ¼ cup/60 ml lemon juice (or to taste); 2 medium-sized sweet potatoes, peeled and cut in ½-¾ in/1.25-2 cm slices

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

La Varenne Pratique

By Anne Willan

Published 1989

About

This potato dish (Sp. papas con limone) is an excellent accompaniment to a pot-roast of beef, or it can be a complete course served with cooked shrimp or hard-boiled eggs.

Ingredients

2 medium-sized sweet potatoes, peeled and cut in ½-¾ in/1.25-2 cm slices
2 lb/1 kg baking potatoes, peeled a

Americas
Peru
Side dish
Gluten-free
Vegetarian
Spicy

Method

Put the sweet potatoes and baking potatoes in separate pans of cold salted water, cover them and bring to a boil. Boil until they are just tender, 15-20 minutes. Drain both pans and keep the sweet potatoes warm.
Return the baking potatoes to the pan and crush them with a potato masher. Add the onion, chili pepper, lemon juice, olive oil and red pepper flakes. S