Plokkviskur (vegan)

Vegan fish mash

Plokkfiskur, or mashed fish with potatoes and white sauce, is a classic Icelandic dish. I was even more pleased to find a vegan version of it - with banana blossoms instead of fish.

However, instead of the normal salt, I preferred to use the seaweed salt from Saltverk to capture a bit of the "sea" taste.

Ingredients

500 g banana flowers

300 g boiled potatoes

50 g vegan margarine

1 onion

3 Tbsp flour

350 ml plant milk

1 Tbsp brown sugar

1 pinch of coarse sea salt

1 pinch of black pepper

1 tsp dried dill

Preparation

Remove the banana blossoms (Banana Blossom) from the can and drain the salted water thoroughly.

Cut the cooked potatoes into bite-sized pieces.

Melt the margarine in a large pot.

Meanwhile, peel and chop the onion...

...and then let it become translucent in the margarine.

Dust the onion pieces with flour and mix everything well.

Then pour in the plant milk in portions and stir thoroughly again and again.

When the milk has boiled, reduce the heat and simmer the sauce for about 5 minutes, stirring constantly.

Then add the potato pieces to the sauce...

...also the banana blossoms and let them simmer.

Season with sugar, salt (if available seaweed salt) and pepper to taste.

Season with the dill.

Then serve the Plokkviskur with rye bread and vegan margarine.

[Translated from here.]