Recipe: Mashed Potatoes & Green Peppercorn Sauce (Served with MamaMancini’s Meatballs)
Mashed Potatoes
Ingredients:
- 5 medium russet potatoes
- 3 oz butter
- 1 cup heavy cream
- Salt and Pepper
Instructions:
1. Start potatoes in cold, salted water. Bring to simmer and cook until fork tender.
2. Mash potatoes by hand or with food mill and add butter and cream, season with salt and pepper to taste.
Green Peppercorn Sauce
Ingredients:
- 2 sliced yellow onions
- 1 medium sliced carrot
- 2 stalks sliced celery
- 1 tbls Dijon mustard
- 1/2 cup sherry vinegar
- 1/2 cup brandy
- 2 cups red wine
- 1 cup port
- 1 tbls green peppercorns
- 2 cups veal demi glace
- 1/4 cup cream
- 1 tbls butter
- 1 tbls crushed green peppercorns
- Salt and pepper
Instructions:
1. Carameliz onions, carrot, and celery.
2. Add mustard and sherry vinegar to pan and cook until dry.
3. Add brandy and peppercorns and bring to simmer.
4. Add red wine and port and simmer again.
5. Add veal demi glace and reduce by half to a sauce consistency.
6. Strain through a fine mesh, strainer then whisk in cream, butter, crushed peppercorns, and salt and pepper to taste.
Serve my meatballs over mashed potateos, topped with sauce. MM MM MMM!
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