What you need:
– 500 g pumpkin
– 500 g potatoes
– 300 g fatty smoky bacon
– 5-7 large fresh sage leaves (or 1/4 teaspoon of dried sage)
– 1 large onion
– 3-5 gloves of garlic
– salt & pepper to taste
How to make:
Put the pumkin into the oven to roast it until soft enough to mash with a fork. Boil the potatoes in a lightly salted water. It should take no longer than half an hour. When these look like they are almost done, cube the bacon and in a hot pan, let the fat come out of them and you are left with very crispy bacon cubes. Cut onion and garlic and when the bacon is almost done, add those into the pan with the sage leaves and let them brown. Meanwhile, take the soft potatoes and pumkin and mash them together with a fork, add a little bit of butter and pepper. Then add the pan of bacon and onions, fat and all, mix again until you get a nice creamy porridge. Salt and pepper to taste and enjoy! You can add some cheese to make it even better. Pumkin makes it creamier than your usual mashed potatoes and when you add oil and other herbs, you can use this one like hummus.
How much does it cost:
Depending where you get the bacon from, it would be around 2 euros, pumkin and potatoes should not exceed 1 euro. Add everything else and you will still be somewhere below 4 euros with this one.