![]() ![]() What follows is like its own Thanksgiving Day buffet of mashed potato preparations — one basic recipe plus four spins on it. (After I tested all the recipes, I had bunches of each left over; I mixed them all together for a sixth spin that, I am happy to report, was itself delicious.) The basic recipe is the product of plenty of pots over the years (my father’s, my own, my colleagues’) and, as a consequence, holds several truths about perfect potatoes mashed: 1. Use a combination of waxy “golden” (such as Yukon Gold) and russet potatoes. ![]() ![]() Pass hot potatoes through ricer or food mill into a large bowl (cold potatoes will become gummy). Add butter and 4 tsp. Salt and stir until butter is completely incorporated. Strain warm milk mixture through a fine-mesh sieve into a large measuring glass. When potatoes are done cooking, do a quick release. Drain potatoes and place them into a large bowl. Add milk mixture. Using a potato masher, mash until smooth. Stir in sour cream. Add salt as needed. Serve mashed potatoes with butter or gravy. Pass hot potatoes through ricer or food mill into a large bowl (cold potatoes will become gummy). Add butter and 4 tsp. Salt and stir until butter is completely incorporated. Strain warm milk mixture through a. Minimalist Baker offers a recipe to make dairy-free mashed potatoes. To make this, you would require: six to eight medium Yukon Gold potatoes, one and half teaspoon of sea salt, half teaspoon of ground black pepper, five to six cloves of roasted garlic, three to four tablespoons of vegan butter and one-fourth cup of fresh chives. Rice, Don’t Mash The foodie site also believes that great potatoes come down to how they’re mashed. While you could use a regular hand masher, they prefer a ricer. The russets provide “loft,” but the goldens taste as if butter already had been bred into them in the field. After they’re done boiling, always steam away any residual moisture from them. The potatoes must be dry before both mashing and adding the cream and butter. Any leftover water both dilutes the flavor and makes the mashed potatoes, well, watery. At the very least, additions of any sort must be room temperature or, better, warmed. (The cream and butter ought be hot.) You won’t get the salt ratio right if the potatoes are cooled down. Mash them or rice them or push them through a food mill, but don’t process them. The latter is difficult to control (they can get gummy in an instant) and batching them cools them down. Basic Mashed Potatoes 6-8 servings Ingredients. • 4 pounds potatoes, a 50/50 mix of “goldens” and russets • 2 sticks unsalted butter • 1 cup heavy cream • Salt and pepper Directions Peel and cut up the potatoes into same-size chunks. You may retain as much potato skin as you like for flavor, texture or nutrition. Skins-on just changes looks. In a large pot, cover the potato pieces with 2 tablespoons salt and cold water and bring to a moderate boil. Cook for 15-20 minutes or until a knife easily pierces a chunk. Meanwhile, in a small pot mix together the cream and butter and slowly melt the butter, not allowing the liquid to boil or foam. When cooked through, drain the potatoes in a colander or by using the top of the pot cracked just enough to let the water out. Return or keep the potatoes in the pot, without its cover. Place atop a slow fire (or in a heated oven) and let any residual moisture steam away. Related Articles • January 25, 2018 • January 19, 2018 • January 12, 2018 • January 9, 2018 Stir the cream and butter mix and add about half of it to the potatoes in their pot. Smash away, adding more of the cream and butter mix until the potatoes are smooth and fluffy but still have some lumps within. Season to taste with salt and pepper (you may use white pepper). Serve immediately or keep warm in the oven (no more than 250 degrees). Colcannon: A famed Irish prep of mashed potatoes. Keep back 1 stick of the butter and get it to room temperature. Peel, core and finely shred 1 head of green cabbage, cooking it thoroughly, turning often, in a very small amount of water. Fold into the basic recipe; serve with a hollowed-out top in which is melting the reserved stick of butter. With Olives and Lemon: Mix into the basic recipe 3/4 cup of any combination of pitted and chopped green, purple or black olives, plus the zest from 1 small lemon. With Sage Brown Butter: Separate the cream from the butter and warm it in its own small pot. Melt the butter in a large skillet and add a dozen or more leaves of fresh sage (if large, torn) and crisp them as the butter browns slightly (do not burn the butter).
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