Name: Mash with Brussels sprouts and smoked bacon
Total time: 45 min
Cuisine: Belgian
Ingredients: 500 g Brussels sprouts (cleaned and halved); 1 kg potatoes (peeled and large ones cut in half); 200 g smoked bacon lardons (or bacon strips); 25 g butter; 100 ml milk; salt and pepper (to taste); fresh nutmeg (optional)

Mise en place

Ingredients

500 g Brussels sprouts (cleaned and halved)
1 kg potatoes (peeled and large ones cut in half)
200 g smoked bacon lardons (or bacon strips)
25 g butter
100 ml milk
salt and pepper (to taste)
fresh nutmeg (optional)

Method

Get cooking

Clean the Brussels sprouts. If you like, halve or quarter them. Boil in lightly salted water until tender.
Peel the potatoes and boil them in lightly salted water until tender, about 20 minutes.
Fry the bacon lardons until crisp.
Mash the potatoes and finish with butter and milk.
Season with pepper, salt and nutmeg. Take care: the bacon is salty.
Combine everything and serve.

Background

Variations: Add an onion or a clove of garlic when frying the bacon. Briefly fry the Brussels sprouts over a high heat to give them a crisp edge.