Use up those leftover mashed potatoes in this Persian dish: Leftover Mashed Potato Quiche with saffron and tarragon, or in farsi: Kookooyeh Sib Zamini.
Has everyone recovered from their Thanksgiving food comas? I thoroughly enjoyed my Thanksgiving meal. Actually, I thoroughly enjoyed all of those Thanksgiving leftovers!
I go gaga over my mom’s moist bread stuffing. I inhaled my go-to pomegranate cranberry sauce.
And of course, I always lick my plate clean of my baked squash (you can find my favorite thanksgiving side dishes here). My family, on the other hand, does not share the same zeal for the thanksgiving leftovers as I do.
I regularly make soup with any chicken and turkey leftovers. I have also made quesadillas. I even stuff scones with leftover cranberry sauce. Oh yum! Today I am sharing another Persian dish that is perfect for those leftover mashed potatoes.
The Persian menu includes a crustless quiche-like dish called kookoo. It always includes eggs and is typically thick, but can be made into thin pancakes or into hand-size patties.
For Persian New Year (Norouz) we serve up an herb quiche (kookooyeh sabzi). Kookoos are eaten all year round, too.
My previous potato kookoo was made with slices of fingerling potatoes, which was pretty awesome, I must say. This kookoo is more traditional, and is made with mashed potatoes.
Now typically, Kookooyeh Sib Zamini does not contain the creamy, American-style mashed potatoes. This is the kookoo I have pictured with the white background.
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The potatoes are simply boiled and mashed. But leftover mashed potatoes can easily be used in this dish (see kookoo pictured with the dark background).
I used the leftover saffron mashed potatoes that I had in the fridge and mixed in the eggs, onions, tarragon and a little seasoning. You can cook it as one big crustless quiche or form them into small patties and fry them up!
Either way, you end up with a delicious, thick potato quiche. It’s perfect for breakfast, serve with a salad for lunch light dinner, or you can serve it as an easy appetizer.
What do you do with your holiday leftovers? Do you eat them as is (my personal favorite) or do you revamp them into a new recipe?
Leftover Mashed Potato Quiche | Kookooyeh Sib Zamini
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
- ⅛ teaspoon ground saffron
- 2 teaspoon hot water
- 3 large eggs
- 1 lb leftover mashed potatoes
- ½ small onion grated with juice discarded
- ¼ cup chopped tarragon
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ⅛ teaspoon ground black pepper
Instructions
- In a small bowl combine saffron and hot water and reserve.
- Preheat oven to 350ºF.
- Coat an 8-inch oven-safe skillet or cast iron pan with olive oil.
- In a large bowl using a fork whisk eggs then mix in mashed potatoes, onions, tarragon, salt and pepper.
- Stir in the saffron water until fully incorporated, then transfer the entire mixture into the prepared pan.
- Spread evenly with a rubber spatula.
- Bake until golden, about 25-30 minutes. Let kookoo cool 15-30 minutes prior to serving.
Notes
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Written by Laura Bashar
Hi, I’m Laura, a certified professional cook and cookbook author living in San Diego. I have been sharing my family’s favorite recipes inspired from all over the world since 2008. Let’s cook up something fun!
this is certainly different and what a great way to use up leftover mashed potatoes!
It’s amazing how (South American) potatoes have come to be eaten in every culture in the world. GREG
This sounds much more interesting than the potato pancakes I try to make. By the way, I enjoy the “snow” on your site – magic!
The funny thing is, I totally forgot I had this plugin installed so when I was on my site December 1st I was just as surprised by the snow as the next person!
What an interesting dish! Who doesn’t like potatoes, and this is an interesting way to use them. We love mashed potatoes so much that we always make extra — so this is the perfect recipe for us. Love the saffron in it, too! Thanks for this.