Sky and Earth

Name: Sky and Earth
Cuisine: Germany
Ingredients: 2 lb (900 g) potatoes, peeled; Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper; ¼ pint (150 ml) warm milk; 4 oz (110 g) butter; 2 oz (50 g) sugar; 2 large cooking apples (or 3–4 pears); 1 tablespoon olive oil; 1 medium onion, sliced; 1 lb (450 g) sausages

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Potato Year

By Lucy Madden

Published 2015

About

The combination of potatoes and apples is a harmonious one; in Germany the two are puréed together, sprinkled with breadcrumbs and, traditionally, served with pickled blood sausage. Here the apples and potatoes are kept separate.

Ingredients

2 lb (900 g) potatoes, peeled
2 large cooking apples (or

Europe
Germany
Side dish
January

Method

Cook the potatoes in a little water until tender. Meanwhile remove the core from the apples, peel them and cut in half. Cook gently in a pan with 2 oz (50 g) of the butter, the sugar and a little wat