Hello, all you chefs out there!
Can you make mashed potatoes? Can you turn on a stove and an oven? Can you cut an onion without crying?
Even if you can't do the last thing, you can make 'pastel de papas', an Argentine comfort food I made today with Melisa. Here's how you can make it at home, and in asterisks how we made it today!
1. Peel potatoes and boil in a pot of water until mushy
*Peel them with a steak knife, because that's what there is! Light the gas stove without burning yourself with the match.
2. In a separate pot on the stove, fry diced onions with oil and cumin. Add sausage, carrots, peas, and/or veggies of your choice, plus salt and pepper.
*Yep. That's pretty much what we did.
3. Mash the potatoes and add egg, bullion, and spices of choice.
*By hand, of course. And not too spicy! This is, after all, comfort food!
4. Layer half of the mashed taters onto a pan, spoon the sausage (etc.) mixture in between, and cover with the other potatoes
*By pan I mean a cookie sheet-ish thing. We also added mashed hard-boiled eggs.
5. Cover with cheese and bake until the cheese melts.
*But...be sure to light the gas under the bricks on the bottom of the oven at least thirty minutes before so it's hot enough. The cheese was white and really tasty!
6. Enjoy!
*¡DISFRUTÁ!
Can you make mashed potatoes? Can you turn on a stove and an oven? Can you cut an onion without crying?
Even if you can't do the last thing, you can make 'pastel de papas', an Argentine comfort food I made today with Melisa. Here's how you can make it at home, and in asterisks how we made it today!
1. Peel potatoes and boil in a pot of water until mushy
*Peel them with a steak knife, because that's what there is! Light the gas stove without burning yourself with the match.
2. In a separate pot on the stove, fry diced onions with oil and cumin. Add sausage, carrots, peas, and/or veggies of your choice, plus salt and pepper.
*Yep. That's pretty much what we did.
3. Mash the potatoes and add egg, bullion, and spices of choice.
*By hand, of course. And not too spicy! This is, after all, comfort food!
4. Layer half of the mashed taters onto a pan, spoon the sausage (etc.) mixture in between, and cover with the other potatoes
*By pan I mean a cookie sheet-ish thing. We also added mashed hard-boiled eggs.
5. Cover with cheese and bake until the cheese melts.
*But...be sure to light the gas under the bricks on the bottom of the oven at least thirty minutes before so it's hot enough. The cheese was white and really tasty!
6. Enjoy!
*¡DISFRUTÁ!
I will have to try this on a small scale for Dad & I. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteYeah I think you'd like it! Dad would've also liked the Peruvian meat and potatoes dish that one of the guys made today. Nom!
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