Sweet and sour string beans with mashed potatoes
easy
45 mins
45 mins
Ingredients
- 1 kg Potatoes (mainly mealy cooking)
- 7-10 Tbsp Salt
- 800 g Cutting beans
- 1 Onion
- 50 g Butter or margarine
- 3/8 l clear broth (instant)
- 2-3 TABLESPOONS Sherry Vinegar
- 2 TEASPOONS demerara sugar
- 20 g Flour
- 8 Eggs
- 1/8 - 1/4 l Milk
- 1/2 bunch flat leaf parsley
- 7-10 Tbsp grated nutmeg
Directions
- 1
Peel and wash the potatoes and cook them in boiling salted water for about 20 minutes. In the meantime clean, wash and cut the beans into diagonal slices. Peel and finely chop the onion. Steam onions in 10 g hot fat in a pot until translucent. Add the beans, stock, vinegar and sugar, bring to the boil, cover and cook over medium heat for 8-10 minutes. Knead 20 g soft fat and flour, stir into the vegetable stock and simmer for another 1-2 minutes.
- 2
Season again with salt, vinegar and sugar. Keep warm. Boil eggs for about 7 minutes until soft. Drain half of the potato water. Add remaining fat to the potatoes and mash them. Add milk bit by bit until you get a loose puree. Season to taste with salt. Wash parsley, dab dry and cut into fine strips. Quench the eggs cold, peel and halve them. Arrange beans, mashed potatoes and eggs on plates. Season mashed potatoes with nutmeg.
- 3
Add milk bit by bit until you get a loose puree. Season to taste with salt. Wash parsley, dab dry and cut into fine strips. Quench the eggs cold, peel and halve them. Arrange beans, mashed potatoes and eggs on plates. Season mashed potatoes with nutmeg. Sprinkle beans with parsley. Serve immediately
- 4
Plate + bowl: Irmi Allnoch
More Delicious Recipes
