Buttermilk potatoes

Ingredients for 4 servings:

• 1 kg potatoes
• 1 liter buttermilk
• 1 onion(s)
• 200 g bacon
• 3 bay leaves if needed
• salt and pepper
• 4 sausages (Wiener or Knacker)
• 1 tbsp flour
• 3 tbsp sugar
• Peppercorns if needed

Instructions

Working time approx. 35 minutes; Total time approx. 35 minutes

a typical dish from Mecklenburg

Peel the potatoes and cook until tender. While the potatoes are cooking, heat the buttermilk – but slowly, as it burns very easily. First, pour 1/3 of the buttermilk into a saucepan and whisk it with 1 tablespoon of flour to prevent the stew from becoming too thin. Then add the rest. If you like, you can add 2-3 bay leaves and peppercorns. Peel and finely chop the onion. Dice approximately 200g of bacon. First, fry the bacon gently in the pan. Then add the onions and fry until well-cooked. Add everything to the pan with the buttermilk. Once the potatoes are tender, drain and stir briefly. Then simply add them to the pan and stir. Season the buttermilk potatoes with salt, pepper, and 2-3 tablespoons of sugar. This gives the dish a sweet and sour flavor. Vienna sausages or knacker sausages go very well with this dish.