Root vegetable mash

original pic from the MasterChef SA website

Ozzy, one of SA's top 7 MasterChef contestants recently did a pink peppercorn sirloin with a root vegetable mash. He basically took traditional mash to a whole new level. I was so excited to try it out on the kids and just as I thought they loved it!

Here's what you will need:

1 small potato peeled and cubed

1 small sweet potato peeled and cubed

1 small carrot peeled and cut into rounds

Boil all the above veggies together until the potato and sweet potato is soft and mushy. Remove from the stove. Drain out all the water. Mash up the potato and sweet potato. Grate the carrots into the mash. Add about a tablespoon butter and season with salt and pepper. Mix well.

I decided to try to incorporate protein also into the mash. I had some left over lamb from the evening before so I shredded it into small pieces and added that also in. You could use any left over protein you have (chicken/ steak/ lamb).

They loved it and didn't even notice that it was different from the usual mash they eat.

Food groups incorporated:

veggies: carrot/ potato/ sweet potato

protein: lamb