Potato Puree With Walnut Oil Food

POTATO PUREE WITH WALNUT OIL

Steps:

• Place potatoes in a large pot, and add enough cold water to cover by 2 inches. Add 1 teaspoon salt. Bring to a boil, and cook until tender, about 10 minutes. Drain, and pass hot potatoes through a ricer or a food mill into a large bowl. Cover to keep warm.
• Combine milk, butter, and 1 tablespoon salt in a saucepan over medium heat, and cook until steaming but not bubbling. Add hot-milk mixture to potatoes, and stir until smooth. Stir in oil. Season with pepper.
• Just before serving, beat potato mixture with a whisk until fluffy, 3 to 5 minutes. Season with salt to taste.

ROASTED-PEAR-POTATO-AND-WATERCRESS PUREE WITH TOASTED WALNUTS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Place the potatoes on a baking sheet and roast for 20 minutes. Peel, halve and core the pears. Place the pears on the baking sheet with the potatoes and roast until the potatoes and pears are soft, about 40 minutes.
• Meanwhile, bring a pot of water to a boil. Add the watercress and blanch for 1 minute. Drain well. Place the watercress and the pears in a food processor and process until smooth, stopping to scrape down the sides of the bowl.
• Cut the potatoes in half lengthwise and scoop out the flesh. Pass the potato through a ricer into a medium-size bowl. Stir the pear mixture into the potato until smooth. Season with the salt and pepper to taste. Divide among 4 plates and sprinkle with the toasted walnuts. Serve immediately.

PAN ROASTED SCALLOPS W SWEET POTATO PUREE AND WALNUT VINAIGRETTE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• For the puree: Wash the yam and towel dry. Puncture it with a fork in several places, season it with salt and pepper, wrap it in a damp paper towel and microwave on high for approximately 3 minutes (until the center is cooked and soft). Cut the cooked yam in half long ways and scoop out the flesh. Puree in a food processor or with a blender. Season with butter, salt, and pepper to taste. Set aside.
• For the vinaigrette: Place walnuts on a baking sheet and cover with the granulated sugar. Bake at 350 for 7-8 minutes. Remove from oven and cool. Then, in a bowl, whisk together the walnut oil, 4 tsp of olive oil, vinegar, walnuts, and shallots. Season with salt and pepper and set aside.
• For the scallops: Season the scallops with salt and pepper on both sides. Heat a non-stick pan on high heat (7 out of 10 on my stove) with the remaining 1 tsp of olive oil. Sauté the scallops a few minutes on each side until golden brown. Total sauté time should be about 6 minutes.
• Once scallops are ready, quickly toss 2 tsps of the vinaigrette with the arugula leaves in a separate bowl.
• For assembly: Spread the puree onto each plate into a flat pancake (you can warm the puree in the microwave if it has become cold). Top the puree pancakes with a small pile of seasoned arugula leaves. Then place 3 sautéed scallops on top of the leaves. Finish each plate by drizzling the vinaigrette over the top, drizzling around the plates edge for a "gourmet" finish!

POTATO PURéE WITH HAZELNUT OIL

Steps:

• Cook the potatoes with the bay leaves in boiling, salted water until they are tender; drain the potatoes and remove the bay leaves; return the potatoes to the pan - taking care that they do not burn - over a low heat to remove excess moisture; push the potatoes through a potato ricer, mouli or sieve until the texture is very fine.
• Return the potatoes to the pan over a medium heat and beat in 3 tablespoons of hazelnut oil; add the garlic to the stock and heat the chicken stock; add the hot chicken stock; and the butter and continue beating until the potatoes are smooth and light.
• Season with salt, to taste; place in a serving bowl and drizzle with the remaining hazelnut oil.

POTATO PUREE - PURé

Steps:

• Choose potatoes more or less of the same size and not too big.
• Boil the unpeeled potatoes in salt water for about 40 minutes. Of course, the cooking time depends on their size. To be sure, you can always check the right cooking time, pricking them with a fork.
• It is hard, but peel the potatos while they are still hot.
• Now cut the potatos to uniform cubes, mash them with a potatos masher or elettronic mixer.
• Put the mashed potatos in a saucepan in a low heat, add cubed butter and hot milk a little at a time, always stirring with a wooden spoon, being careful do not let form lumps.
• Our puree should be creamy and smooth, but not watery: pay attention to not add too much milk then.
• Add salt to taste, a pinch of ground nutmeg, black pepper (if you like).
• For tastier Potato puree add 2-3 tbps of grated parmisan.
• Stir all ingredients together again, then remove it from heat, and that's it!
• Your Potato Puree is done: eat it immediately!