Mashed Swede
This buttery mashed swede recipe with bacon is the ultimate sidekick for your table.
Ingredients
Method
2) Place in a pot with enough water to cook the meat; add pinch of salt to water. Allow to come to a boil, about 15 minutes (the water will cook out, so it might be necessary to add more during cooking).
3) Peel swede and cut into 1cm slices, then cut into cubes. Add swede to the meat. Add sugar, salt and pepper. Cover pot and cook until tender, about 45 minutes.
4) When done, remove some water from the pot. Mash, add butter and season, to taste.
Serve immediately.
Swede dreams! This mashed swede recipe is a mouthwatering mash-terpiece!
Sweet swede teams up with simmered streaky bacon, a pinch of sugar, and a generous knob of butter for a hearty bowl of mash swede. Boiling the bacon rather than frying or grilling it keeps things soft, succulent, and beautifully infused.
The combo of root veg and bacon is incredibly popular in many British kitchens, especially across the Midlands and North, and mashed swede also has roots in rustic southern American fare, where bacon and root mash sides happily star at traditional family meals like Thanksgiving.
So what makes this mashed swede recipe with bacon truly sing? It’s lighter and sweeter than mashed potatoes, but just as moreish - and irresistible alongside a classic roast beef, sausages, or spring lamb shanks. Feeling ambitious? Serve this sensational swede mash alongside traditional neeps ‘n’ tatties with haggis on Burns Night!
If you fancy a riff on tradition, add thyme, swap bacon for ham hocks or the paprika-smokiness of chorizo, or give your swede mash a splash of maple syrup. For extra silkiness, add cream or additional butter.
Whether it’s jazzing up weeknight dinners, reigning supreme at Sunday lunch, or part of a festive family gathering, this mashed swede recipe is the side that’ll have everyone coming back for more.
For other mouthwatering mash options, try mashed sweet potatoes, mashed parsnips with mascarpone cheese, or mashed butternut squash with pears. It’s mash made marvellous - proof that comfort food always has room for a little reinvention!
