Stoemp Recipes

Steps:

• Heat a small skillet over high heat.
• Add the bacon and sauté for 5 minutes until the bacon bits are well colored.
• Remove from heat and set aside.
• Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil.
• Add potatoes and carrots.
• Cook for 20 to 25 minutes until the potatoes and carrots are well done or even slightly overdone (they will be easier to mash).
• Drain the vegetables and place them in a salad bowl.
• Mash the vegetables with a fork, a potato masher or any other manual ustensil. It is important not to use an electric mixer so that the texture remains chunky enough.
• Add the bacon bits and let the diced pieces of butter melt on top of the mashed vegetables.
• Add cream and nutmeg.
• Season with salt and pepper.
• Toss well and serve.

Steps:

• 1. Cook potatoes in pot covered with water over medium heat until just barely soft.
• 2. Mash with hand mixer and set aside.
• 3. Heat butter in frying pan over medium heat until melted. Add onion and garlic and cook for 1 minute.
• 4. Add leeks and cook until clear.
• 5. Add broth and cream and meat until simmering.
• 6. Cover and cook for 10 minutes.
• 7. Remove the leek mixture from the pan and cook another 10 minutes until thickened.
• 8. Add back the leeks and the potatoes and stir to combine. Serve immediately.

Steps:

• Put the potatoes into a big saucepan filled with cold water salted with 1 tablespoon of salt. Then bring the water to a boil, partially covering the saucepan. Then, cook over moderate heat until the potatoes are ready which takes about 20 minutes. Drained potatoes should be pressed through a mill into a bowl. Can also be simply mashed by hand with a wooden spoon. In the meantime, discard outer leaves of the leeks and cut off the roots. Wash the leeks thoroughly and slice into rings. Put some butter in a saucepan and melt it, adding the leeks and cooking them for about 5 minutes. They need to be stirred from time to time to avoid browning them. Add the chicken broth and cream as well as a pinch of salt, some pepper and grated nutmeg. Boil covered over small heat for 15 minutes. Drain the leeks and save the sauce - it should be put back to the saucepan and reduced by about half. Mix the potatoes with leeks and stir in the reduced sauce. Taste and add spice. If it is too dry, you can add more butter, cream or milk. Put the mixture into an ovenproof dish and keep around 2 hours in a preheated oven in temperature of 300 F (150 ºC), then reduced to some 150 F (65 ºC)

Steps:

• Cook the potatoes until they are just tender (you can cube them which will speed up the cooking time). Drain well and mash (or use a potato ricer for better results).
• While the potatoes are cooking, melt the butter in a large frypan over medium heat.
• Add the garlic and onion, and cook until just softened (do not burn), then add the leeks and saute until everything is just translucent.
• Add the cream and stock. Simmer for approximately 10 minutes.
• Drain the onion mixture but reserve the liquid. Put the liquid back into the pan and reduce by half. This will take 5 minutes or so.
• Once the sauce is reduced mix the onions and potato mixture together. Then return to the pan and stir the sauce through until well combined. Season to taste.
• If the mixture is too dry add more butter or milk if you don't want too much fat.
• This is yummy served with stews and casseroles.