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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Deutschland >> German

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Heat oil in a medium-sized pot with a tight fitting lid over medium high heat. Add onions and carrots and fry until onion is transparent, about 2 minutes. | 2. Add water, cover and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer for about 5 minutes. | 3. In the meantime peel potatoes and cut into 1 inch dice. Add to carrots,cover, bring to a boil again and cook over low heat for 30 minutes until vegetables are completely soft and almost all liquid has evaporated. | 4. If there is some water, cook it off uncovered over high heat, shaking pot to avoid sticking. | 5. Mash vegetables with a masher. | 6. Add milk gradually, beating with a whisker until desired consistency. Depending on the starch in potatoes this might require about 1-1 1/4 cups milk. | 7. Add butter, salt, cayenne and nutmeg to taste. | 8. If using fried bacon bits, mix one half into vegetables and sprinkle other half on top. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
carrot	4	cups		209.92	49.0496	4.7616	1.2288
potato	1			-	-	-	-
oil	2	tablespoons		224.25599999999997	0.0	0.0717	25.4669
onion	1	cup	minced	64.0	14.944	1.76	0.16
water	3/4	cup		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
milk	1 - 1 1/4	cup		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
salt	1/2	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
butter	1	tablespoon		85.5	3.9285	2.6715	7.2
cayenne	1	pinch		0.3578	0.0637	0.0135	0.0194
nutmeg	1	pinch		0.7219	0.0678	0.008	0.0499
bacon	2 -3	ounces	diced	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.