Potato Pear & Parsnip Mash with Maple
Serve as a side with Lilydale Whole Chicken.
INGREDIENTS
- 1 Lilydale Whole Chicken
- 500g Sebago potatoes, peeled and chopped
- 4 parsnips peeled and finely chopped
- 2 Packham pears, peeled and chopped
- 2 cloves garlic
- ½ cup (125ml) single cream
- sea salt and cracked black pepper
- 50g unsalted butter, chopped
- 1 teaspoon maple syrup
- 4 sprigs tarragon
METHOD
- Place the potatoes, parsnip, pears and garlic in a medium saucepan with cold salted water and place over high heat.
- Cover and bring to the boil. Remove the lid and cook for 15-18 minutes or until potatoes and parsnips are tender.
- Drain and return to the clean saucepan and mash until smooth. Add the cream and season. Set aside and keep warm.
- Heat a large frying pan over high heat. Add the butter and cook for 1 minutes, or until the butter starts to foam. Add the tarragon and maple and cook for a further 30 seconds, or until the butter is nutty in colour.
- Serve the mash topped with butter, tarragon and cracked black pepper.
