Name: Nutmeg Mash
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 1.5 kg floury potatoes, such as Maris Piper, Desiree, King Edwards or Idaho; 1 egg; 300 ml milk; 175 g butter; sea salt; ¼ tsp freshly grated nutmeg; freshly ground black pepper

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
40 min

Appears in

The French Kitchen

By Joanne Harris and Fran Warde

Published 2002

About

Proper mash is one of life’s small but significant delights. Having tasted this, I just can’t understand the packet stuff at all...

Ingredients

1.5 kg floury potatoes, such as Maris Piper, Desiree, King Edwards or Idaho
175 g

Method

Peel the potatoes, cut into pieces, place in a saucepan of boiling water and simmer for 20 minutes. Drain well, return to the pan over a low heat and, shaking the pan, allow the excess moisture to steam off. Mash the potatoes until smooth – for perfect mash try using a hand-held ricer.

Place the butter and milk in a saucepan over a medium heat and gently bring to the boil. Slowly pour t