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Rapeseed oil

corblimey · 2009-08-12 16:41:56

I was watching something the other day (Market Kitchen?) and he used rapeseed oil (lashings of it) as a sub for butter when making mash. Now he was using sweet potato instead of a load of king edwards, but I assume the idea is the same. I make mash sparingly and don't use butter for much else, so I've ended up throwing…

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12-08-2009 5:41pm

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corblimey

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I was watching something the other day (Market Kitchen?) and he used rapeseed oil (lashings of it) as a sub for butter when making mash. Now he was using sweet potato instead of a load of king edwards, but I assume the idea is the same. I make mash sparingly and don't use butter for much else, so I've ended up throwing away the last 2 pounds I bought, but having a bottle of rapeseed oil on standby might just save my mash?

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#2 13-08-2009 11:07am
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Really? Nobody's used rapeseed oil as a butter substitute?

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#3 13-08-2009 12:04pm
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Rapeseed oil has a rather strong, nutty flavour with a musky note. Nothing like butter - It's not unpleasant, just it has a particular flavour that I wouldn't associate with mash - It might be fine with sweet potato. I use it as an alternative to olive oil in cooking and occasionally in salad dressings.

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