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Freshly mashed potatoes are blended with garlic, vinegar, olive oil and salt to make this traditional Greek garlic spread. Serve as a side dish or with pitta bread.
Ingredients
Serves: 8
- 4 large potatoes, peeled and cubed
- 4 tablespoons finely chopped garlic
- 5 tablespoons vinegar
- 350ml olive oil
- salt to taste
Method
Prep:20min ›
Cook:20min ›
Ready in:40min
- Place potatoes in a saucepan and cover with lightly salted water. Bring to the boil over high heat, then reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until very tender, about 20 minutes. Drain and return to the saucepan.
- Mash together the potatoes, garlic, vinegar and olive oil with a potato masher or a large fork. Continue mixing until all ingredients are well blended. Season with salt to taste. This sauce can be served chilled or at room temperature.
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Reviews in English (8)
Altered ingredient amounts. Substitute breadcrumbs for potatoes for an alternative - 17 May 2011
I was researching the Mediterranean Diet and was looking for some inspiration, this was a very tasty first start. I did feel it was a little bland on it's own and my husband asked what made it different than mashed potatoes? So after boiling 5 small Yukon potatoes in heavily salted water, I pureed in garlic, lemon juice, Parmesan cheese, dried oregano, and plenty of good olive oil. We enjoyed it spread on a crusty baguette slices with a nice dry red wine. I also spread leftovers on toast this morning - delish! - 19 Mar 2010 (Review from Allrecipes US | Canada)
nice and simple, thx. just like mother used to make and serve with battered cod filets. i was wondering if we could speed things up by using a good quality mash potatoes mix instead. - 30 Sep 2007 (Review from Allrecipes US | Canada)