Potatoes And Dandelions


Course : Italian
Serves: 6
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Ingredients:


4 medium potatoes -- (4 to 6)

2 cloves garlic -- chopped (2 to 3)

2 quarts basket or more dandelions

1/2 teaspoon red hot pepper -- crushed

1/4 cup olive oil
 

Preparation / Directions:


Dandelions are FREE. If fresh picked, best before they flower. Clean and wash thoroughly. Boil potatoes in lg. pan about half an hour; depending on size, add dandelions and continue cooking till both are tender. Remove from water (water makes excellent base for soups, peel and mash potatoes, cut dandelions if large, and mix together. In lg. skillet, sauté‚garlic and red pepper in olive oil about a minute. Add potatoes and dandelions and continue to cook another minute. Add potatoes and dandelions and continue to cook another 15 minutes. Enjoy with fresh crusty Italian Bread and dry red wine. You may also used leftover mashed Potatoes. Brought to Ellis Island in 1937.


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