Mashed potatoes with sage

Ingredients for 4 servings:

• 800 g potatoes
• 10 sprigs of sage
• 3 tbsp vegetable oil
• 3 tbsp butter
• 75 ml cream
• 75 ml milk
• some pepper, white
• some nutmeg
• some salt

Instructions

Working time approx. 15 minutes; Cooking/baking time approx. 20 minutes; Total time approx. 35 minutes

Peel the potatoes, cut into large cubes, and then cook in plenty of salted water for about 20 minutes. Wash the sage, spin it dry, and pick off the leaves. Roughly chop half of the leaves and leave the other half whole, reserving about 8 large, attractive leaves for decoration. Heat the vegetable oil in a pan and fry the sage, except for the sage for decoration, for about three minutes over medium heat until slightly crispy. Remove from the pan and drain on kitchen paper. Briefly boil the butter, cream, and milk in a small saucepan and then immediately remove from the heat. Drain the potatoes and let them steam off briefly, then mash them in the pan. Add the hot butter, cream, and milk mixture and stir to combine. Season with pepper, salt, and nutmeg, then carefully fold in the fried sage. Serve the purée on plates and garnish with the remaining sage.