From A
Passion for Potatoes, Paul Gayler, Kyle Cathie Ltd, 2009.
Browsing through a food shop I found some
vegetarian sausages that I thought I’d like to try. Naturally, with sausages, I
wanted to have a mash and this one seemed just right.
I cooked parsnips and potatoes in the ratio
of 2:1, parsnips to potatoes. I was only cooking for two so it was basically
one large parsnip and a smaller potato. When they were just about cooked I
drained them, then put them back in the saucepan with just sufficient milk to
let them continue cooking. When they were nicely soft I added butter, a little
yoghurt, a teaspoon honey and two teaspoons wholegrain mustard. They were then
mashed and checked for seasoning.
This was such a good mash and the perfect
foil for the sausages. Parsnips have a
natural sweetness to them and with the honey this was a sweeter mash, a little
modified by the mustard. It seemed to go particularly well
with the spiciness of the sausages. One to remember and repeat.
Taste: ✔✔✔✔
Ease of
cooking: ✔✔✔✔✔
