Name: Nutmeg mashed potatoes (Purée de pommes de terre à la noix de muscade)
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Tunisian
Ingredients: 1 kg (2 lb 2 oz) potatoes, peeled and cut into medium-sized chunks; 1 egg yolk; ground black pepper, to taste; 120 ml (4 fl oz) milk; 3 tbsp single cream; pinch of salt; freshly grated nutmeg, to taste

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The North African Kitchen

By Fiona Dunlop

Published 2008

About

Dalila’s French-influenced specials continue with this side dish. There is a huge difference if the nutmeg is freshly grated and not a stale, old powder. This creamy mash makes an excellent accompaniment for simply prepared fish or meat.

Ingredients

1 kg (2 lb 2 oz) potatoes, peeled and cut into medium-sized chunks

Method

Boil the potatoes in a large pan of salted water over a medium heat until cooked through.
Mash the potatoes thoroughly, add the egg yolk, milk, nutmeg and pepper, stirring well with each addition, then add the cream.