Apple and Bacon Mash (4)
Ingredients
Instructions
  1. Put the potatoes into a pan with water to cover and salt. Bring to the boil then simmer until the potatoes are almost done.
  2. Drain off about two thirds of the water and add the apples. Mix, then cover and cook gently until the apple is soft enough to mash into the potato.
  3. Add the butter and beat in well to make a smoothish puree.
  4. While the potatoes are cooking fry the bacon in its own fat, slowly at first until the fat runs, then raising the heat to crisp it up.
  5. Stir about three quarters of the bacon with its fat into the mash, together with most of the chives.
  6. Spoon into a big warm bowl and sprinkle with the remaining bacon and chives.