Purple Majesty Fork-Crushed Potatoes

Ingredients

• 1 lb purple majesty potato, washed, scrubbed and peeled (cut in half or quartered depending on size)
• 2-3 shallots, peeled and minced
• 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil (cut in half-add more in you want)
• 2 tablespoons flat leaf parsley, chopped (curly parsley ok)
• fleur de sel, to taste
• cracked white pepper or cracked black pepper, to taste
• 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice

Directions

1. 1

   Note: If you prefer, the potatoes can be boiled first in their skin then peeled.

2. 2

   Bring a large pot of salted water to boil and cook the potatoes until tender, approximately 25 minutes.

3. 3

   Drain.

4. 4

   Place the potatoes back in the pot and using a fork, mash the potatoes.

5. 5

   Fold in the remaining ingredients, sprinkling the lemon juice on top of the potatoes last.

6. 6

   Did you notice what happened? The citric acid in the lemon juice "bleached" some areas of the potatoes a "lighter and brighter" shade of purple! Nifty, huh?!

7. 7

   This concludes this week's science experiment.