These mediterranean mashed potatoes are the cooler version of the classical side dish. Grilled cherry tomatoes, sweet potatoes, pine nuts, sun-dried tomatoes and fresh basil make this recipe so good and rich. It is a perfect side dish, if you feel like serving something fancy, or you can eat it as a main dish with a side salad too.
I don’t know about you, but I’m crazy for mashed potatoes. I can eat them warm or cold, with or without dairy, I don’t care, bring to me all! Seriously! It is just so heartwarming as the mashed potatoes melt in your mouth…
I love potatoes in any form and shape. Sweet potatoes or regular ones, all perfect for me. The good old baked ones or some Hasselback potatoes or a simple potato soup and even potato chips are all on my favourites list. Potatoes are the ultimate comfort food! The only problem that they can sometimes take a bit long to make, even up to an hour. But not mashed potatoes! 20 minutes and they are ready and Evi is happy!
Mediterranean Mashed Potatoes with Grilled Tomatoes
- Total Time: 40 mins
- Yield: 4 1x
Ingredients
- 5 large potatoes
- 1 large sweet potato
- 1/2 cup of plant milk
- 8 sun-dried tomatoes
- handful of fresh basil
- handful of arugula/rocket
- 2 cloves of garlic
- 4 tbsp olive oil (I used the oil of the dried tomatoes)
- handful of pine nuts
- salt, pepper, chili
- cherry tomatoes
Instructions
- Peel the potatoes and sweet potatoes and cut them into small pieces. Add to a sauce pan, cover with cold water and bring to boil. Cook for about 15-20 minutes or until fork-tender.
- While the potatoes are cooking, preheat oven to 200°C. Place the cherry tomatoes on a baking tray, you can season with salt and pepper, you can drizzle some olive oil or maple syrup on top. I kept my tomatoes unseasoned. Bake them for about 10 minutes.
- Chop the sun-dried tomatoes, the basil and rocket into very small pieces. You can also use a food processor for this.
- Once the potatoes are done, drain the water and transfer to a large bowl. Add milk, sun-dried tomatoes, basil, rocket, crushed garlic, olive oil, chili, salt and pepper. Mash the potatoes with a potato masher until smooth. Serve warm with the grilled tomatoes and pine nuts on top. Enjoy!
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Cook Time: 30 mins
- Category: Side
Wow, now this is a mashed potato recipe! I too love potatoes, and this would be a meal for me. It’s such a pretty dish!
Thank you, Linda! Potatoes are so good and so versatile! And so easy to make something pretty with them 🙂
Evi, your blog looks awesome dear! Love your photography style and your beautiful food creations, they look mouthwatering!
Thank you so much, Victoriya!! 🙂
This is funny – I don’t really like potatoes but this looks so so so good. Your gorgeous photos might just have convinced me to try mashed potatoes again 😉 I mean, all of these add ins sound great!
Hahaha, you are so funny, probably the only person I know who doesn’t like potatoes 😀
This actually tastes more like sweet potatoes than regular ones and also great with only sweet potatoes. Or you don’t even like sweet potatoes? (weirdo!!!)
LOVE the idea of combining regular and sweet potatoes! Great recipe!
Thank you, Mona! 🙂
Evi- your blog is awesome. I love your style and the recipes sound so so delicious and unique. Well done! You have a new fan 🙂
Thank you so much, Alena! ♥