How to prepare baskets in the oven with mashed potatoes, an easy recipe to fill with tomato sauce.
Ingredients for 6 people
- 800 g of potatoes
- 50 g of butter
- 1 egg + 2 yolks
- nutmeg
- salt
- black pepper
- 6 peeled tomatoes
- 1 small onion
- 1 carrot
- 1 stalk of celery
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- 1 sprig of parsley
- a few leaves of basil
- extra virgin olive oil
Procedure for cooking potato baskets stuffed with tomato sauce
Put the peeled potatoes in a pan with cold water, cook them, then peel them and pass them in the potato masher.
Collect the past in a pan, season it with salt, pepper and nutmeg, add the butter and let it dry on low heat while stirring.
Remove the pan from the heat and add the whole egg and yolk to the potatoes.
Put the mixture in a pastry pocket and form 6 baskets, brush them with the other beaten yolk and bake at 160 ° C for about a quarter of an hour.
For the sauce
Brown with 2 tablespoons of oil, chopped onion, carrot, celery, basil and parsley, then add the peeled and chopped tomatoes, salt and pepper.
Continue cooking over moderate heat for about 30 minutes.
Fill the potato baskets with the tomato sauce.
