Morcilla With Raisins And Pine Nuts

Morcilla With Raisins And Pine Nuts - (Canarias)

Course :	Italian
From:	HungryMonster.com
Serves:	4

Ingredients:

1	large	sweet potato
2	tablespoons	sherry vinegar
2	tablespoons	paprika
1	teaspoon	salt -- to taste
1	teaspoon	freshly-ground black pepper -- to taste
2	tablespoons	currants
1/2	cup	sweet sherry
2	tablespoons	extra-virgin olive oil
1	pound	morcilla blood sausage
2	tablespoons	pine nuts
1	loaf	baguette -- sliced 1 inch thick on the diagonal -- grilled

Preparation:

Boil sweet potato in salted water until very soft. Drain and mash into puree. Add vinegar, paprika and season with salt and pepper. Soak currants in sweet sherry for 20 minutes. Drain and reserve the soaking liquid. Heat olive oil in a 12-inch nonstick pan until smoking. Slice Morcilla into 1/2-inch thick rounds and sauté until golden brown and fat is flowing out, about 2 minutes. Turn and repeat. Drain fat from pan, add currents, sherry from soaking and pine nuts. Cook until liquid dissipates and serve over grilled bread. Source: MEDITERRANEAN MARIO with Mario Batali From the TV FOOD NETWORK - (Show # ME-1B16)