- 500g Sebago potatoes, peeled and chopped
- 4 parsnips peeled and finely chopped
- 2 Packham pears, peeled and chopped
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1⁄2 cup (125ml) single cream
- 50g unsalted butter, chopped
- 1 teaspoon maple syrup
- 4 sprigs tarragon
- Sea salt and cracked black pepper
| - Place the potatoes, parsnip, pears and garlic in a medium saucepan with cold salted water and place over high heat
- Cover and bring to the boil. Remove the lid and cook for 15-18 minutes or until potatoes and parsnips are tender
- Drain and return to the clean saucepan and mash until smooth. Add the cream and season. Set aside and keep warm
- Heat a large frying pan over high heat. Add the butter and cook for 1 minute, or until the butter starts to foam. Add the tarragon and maple and cook for a further 30 seconds, or until the butter is nutty in colour
- Serve the mash topped with butter, tarragon and cracked black pepper
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