Heaven and Earth on a Spoon

Ingredients for 4 servings:

• 4 tsp applesauce
• 200 g black pudding, dry, in one piece
• 6 large potatoes, floury
• some milk
• 1 tbsp butter
• Salt and pepper, from the mill
• 1 pinch(s) nutmeg, freshly grated

Instructions

Working time approx. 10 minutes; Cooking/baking time approx. 20 minutes; Total time approx. 30 minutes

a Hessian specialty with a difference

Peel and dice the potatoes, and boil them in plenty of cold, salted water. Drain the potatoes and let them steam off a little. Mash them very finely with a potato masher, add the butter and milk, and use the whisk attachment of a hand mixer to make a creamy mash. Season with salt, pepper, and nutmeg. Cut the black pudding into slices and fry in a non-stick pan until crispy on both sides. Remove from the pan and drain the fat on a paper towel. Now put a spoonful of apple sauce onto a scoop and make a small indentation in the middle. Transfer the mashed potatoes to a piping bag fitted with a perforated nozzle. Pipe a dot into the apple sauce indentation and place the black pudding on top of the potato dot.