Mashed potatoes with cucumber and apple

Ingredients for 2 servings:

• 400 g floury potatoes
• 100 g cucumber(s), peeled and pitted
• 80 g apple, peeled
• n. B. onion(s)
• 25 g butter
• some salt
• e.g. Szechuan pepper
• n. B. curry powder or other spices as desired
• e.g. butter

Instructions

Working time approx. 20 minutes; Cooking/baking time approx. 20 minutes; Total time approx. 40 minutes

Peel, dice, and wash the potatoes. Peel the cucumber, halve it lengthwise, and scrape out the seeds with a spoon. Then halve the cucumber halves lengthwise and cut them crosswise into thin pieces. Peel, core, and dice the apple. Heat butter in a pan and sauté about 100g of cucumber pieces for five minutes. Mix in about 80g of apple pieces, cover, and continue sautéing over low heat until the cucumber is soft. This should take 15-20 minutes, depending on the thickness of the pieces. Stir occasionally to prevent sticking. While the cucumber and apple mixture is cooking, cook the potatoes in salted water. Drain, allow to evaporate well on the hot stovetop, mash them with the cucumber and apple mixture, and add salt if desired. Add a little more butter to taste until the desired consistency is reached. Notes: If you like, you can add 1-2 tablespoons of diced onion to the puree. Then sauté the diced onions and cucumber pieces for about five minutes before adding the apple. Additional spices aren’t really necessary. I tried adding a little curry powder and Sichuan peppercorn (separately), and both went well with the puree as a side dish to fish.