Mother's best mustard party

AUTHOR
Leta Marks
DIFFICULTY
very easy
RATING
4 5
COOK TIME
40 mins
TOTAL TIME
40 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 4
  • 500 g Carrots
  • 500 g Potatoes
  • 7-10 Tbsp Salt
  • 5 TABLESPOONS Butter
  • 2 TABLESPOONS Flour
  • 1⁄2 l + 100 ml milk
  • 2-3 TABLESPOONS medium hot mustard
  • 7-10 Tbsp Pepper
  • 50 g Arugula
  • 4 Eggs (Gr. M)
  • 7-10 Tbsp grated nutmeg

Directions

  1. 1

    Clean, peel, wash and roughly slice the carrots. Peel, wash and halve potatoes. Boil up carrots and potatoes in salted water and simmer for about 20 minutes.

  2. 2

    Melt 2 tablespoons of butter in a saucepan. Sprinkle with flour and sweat while stirring constantly until the flour butter turns golden yellow. Gradually deglaze with 1⁄2 l milk and simmer for about 5 minutes while stirring.

  3. 3

    Stir in the mustard. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Keep warm on the stove.

  4. 4

    Wash the arugula and shake dry. Cut one half roughly, the other half finely. Boil eggs in boiling water for about 8 minutes until hard. Drain the eggs, rinse with cold water and peel off the shell.

  5. 5

    Drain the potatoes and carrots. Coarsely mash the potato and carrot mixture with a potato masher. Stir in 100 ml milk and 3 tbsp butter. Season to taste with salt and nutmeg. Stir the rocket into the sauce.

  6. 6

    Arrange puree, mustard sauce and 2 egg halves each sprinkled with pepper.