Mexican Potatoes With Cheese Sauce
- salt & freshly ground black pepper
- 1/2 lemon, juice of
- 3 dried hot red chilies, deseeded and crumbed
- 1 onion, sliced into rings
- 8 potatoes, peeled
- 1 fresh chili pepper, cut into thin strips (green or red)
- 2 hard-boiled eggs, halved, to garnish
- 12 black olives, to garnish
- SAUCE
- 175 g mozzarella cheese, roughly grated
- 225 ml heavy cream
- 1 teaspoon turmeric
- 1 fresh chili pepper, finely chopped (green or red)
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- Mix the lemon juice and dried chillies in a bowl, season with salt and pepper, add the onion rings and leave to marinate until required (you could do this step more in advance if you like).
- Boil the potatoes in lightly salted water for about 15 minutes, or until cooked.
- While the potatoes are cooking make the sauce by combining all the ingredients except the olive oil in a blender; then heat the oil in a pan, add the blended sauce ingredients and simmer for about 5 minutes until the sauce thickens.
- TO ASSEMBLE THE DISH: drain the potatoes and place in a warmed serving dish, pour the sauce on top; drain the onion rings and scatter them and the chili strips over the top of the dish; garnish with hard-boiled eggs and olives.
salt, lemon, red chilies, onion, potatoes, fresh chili pepper, eggs, black olives, mozzarella cheese, heavy cream, turmeric, fresh chili pepper, olive oil
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/mexican-potatoes-with-cheese-sauce-138902 (may not work)