Champ

Name: Champ
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 6 to 8 unpeeled baking potatoes, e.g., Russet or Yukon Gold; 4 Tbsps butter; 355 milliliters milk; 4 servings salt and freshly ground pepper; 1 bunch scallions (use the bulb and green stem)

Champ might be just the side dish you are searching for. This recipe serves 4. One portion of this dish contains roughly 10g of protein, 15g of fat, and a total of 411 calories. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes. If you have salt and pepper, butter, scallions, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free and vegetarian diet.

Instructions

Scrub the potatoes and boil them in their jackets. Finely chop the scallions. Cover the scallions with cold milk and bring slowly to a boil. Simmer for about 3 to 4 minutes, then turn off the heat and leave to infuse. Peel and mash the freshly boiled potatoes and, while hot, mix with the boiling milk and scallions. Beat in some of the butter. Season to taste with salt and freshly ground pepper.

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Ground Black Pepper

Green Onions

Potato

Butter

Milk

Salt

Serve in one large or four individual bowls with a knob of butter melting in the center.

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Butter

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Bowl

Champ may be put aside and reheated later in a moderate oven at 350°F. Cover with foil while it reheats so that it doesn't get a skin.

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Aluminum Foil

Oven

Add 2 to 3 tablespoons of freshly chopped parsley to the milk, bring to a boil for 2 or 3 minutes only, to preserve the fresh taste and color. Beat into the mashed potatoes and serve hot.

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Potato

Parsley

Milk

Substitute freshly chopped chives for parsley.

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Parsley

Chives

Soak a couple of fists of seaweed in cold water for an hour or more.

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Seaweed

Water

Drain and stew in milk until tender, about 3 hours.

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Milk

Stew

Add a good knob of butter and some pepper and beat into the mashed potato. Taste and correct the seasoning.

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Seasoning

Butter

Pepper

Potato

Serve hot.

This special champ could only be made for a few weeks when the fresh green peas were in season. Cook the peas in the boiling salted milk with a pinch of sugar until tender.

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Peas