Beetroot mash is the perfect mash for when it gets colder.
It's cozy and as usual, it reminds me of my youth. I grew up on eating mash.
In the past, this recipe was gruesome to make because beetroots are very hard so you have to boil them for at least an hour, then burn your fingers trying to peel em and then grate them.
But through the awesomeness of modern technology, you can now buy them preboiled and pre-peeled in a vacuum package.
Hurray!
This recipe still requires some timing because you will have 4 pots on the stove.
Ingredients: Potatoes, beetroot mash preboiled, ground beef, bacon, applesauce, and mustard.
Cut the potatoes and put them on the stove to boil.
They won't boil straight away so that gives you time to make some meat boulders. Add mustard, salt, and pepper to the meat and form as many balls as you need. I made 3.
Put baking butter in a skillet and add the boulders. The water is probably cooking by now. You now have 20 minutes before the potatoes are done.
Grate the beetroot on a box grater and watch out with your hands!
Put the beetroot in a pan, add a little water and also start frying the bacon in another skillet. Four pans on the fire by now.
After 20 minutes the potatoes are done. Drain them and mash them.
Add the beetroot and mash.
Add the bacon to the mixture. Also, change the masher for a wooden spoon (you are not a savage!) and add mustard.
The meat boulders should be done, take them out and add a little bit of water to the skillet to make a gravy.
End result. Awesome. This mash is full of flavor, it just works!
ps. Bianca hates applesauce but I love it. My brother and I would go through a jar every night when we were kids!
