Sunday 26 August 2012

Abeer's 'Mashed Potato Balls'

This dish is so beautiful that I can't resist  putting it on this blog. Although I didn't really get the recipe and the ingredients, you can guess and pretty much make it up as you wish. It's not a traditional Saudi dish, but I do think that people make it there. 

I tried this at Abeer's house. She is an amazing chef, even though she only really started to cook here in the UK about two years ago. Back in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, she didn't need to cook as someone at home would do it. Here, as a student, she has learnt to prepare both traditional Saudi food as well as international dishes from across the world. 



The bottom later is a mixture of small pieces of chicken, mushroom and vegetables, cooked with a bit of double cream. The mashed potato balls are carefully shaped balls of mashed potato, butter and black pepper. Before cooking the oven, a sprinkling of dried parsley and grated cheese is added to cover the top of the potato balls.


See...they're so beautiful that you don't want to eat them!

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