Hungarian Christmas Mashed Potatoes

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 tablespoon black mustard seeds
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 3 large onions (coarsely chopped)
• 2 tablespoons sweet hungarian paprika
• 10 potatoes, peeled and quartered
• 1/2 cup butter (1 stick)
• 3/4 cup sour cream
• 1 egg
• salt, to taste

Recipe

• 1 boil peeled and quartered potatoes in salted water till tender.
• 2 while potatoes are cooking --.
• 3 heat skillet. add mustard seeds. cover & shake until the popping slows. add the butter & when melted, add the onions. cover and cook over low heat for 15 minutes. uncover, continue cooking over low heat for until very soft, dark & caramelized. add the paprika. stir over lowest heat for a minute or two until the paprika has lost its raw taste. set aside.
• 4 back to the potatoes --.
• 5 strain off cooking water & mash. add 1/2c of the sour cream and blend into potatoes. add the egg into the potatoes and whip. add the stick of butter & the remaining sour cream to taste. stir in the onion mixture. add salt to taste.