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| Mashed Potatoes |
| Author: Crys |
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20 min.
Difficulty:
Moderate
Serving Size:
abt. 1 person per potato
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Description
Mashed potatoes are a staple of many family get-togethers. Don't reach for the instant potatoes! This recipe only takes a few minutes longer to make but I guarantee that it's more than worth the extra time.
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| Ingredients |
- A tablespoon or two of salt
- a panful of water
- Abt. 1 large or 2 medium red potato(es) per person
- A small carton of heavy whipping cream
- (Note that this says WHIPPING cream, not WHIPPED)
- 1/4 to 1/2 a stick of real butter
- 1/4 cup or less peeled and mashed garlic (to taste)
- 1/2 cup or less diced onions
- Shredded cheese, chives, crumbled bacon, gravy or other toppings to suit the rest of the meal
- Equipment:
- Pan
- Knife and cutting board
- Potato masher or fork
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No prior preparation is required.
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| Instructions |
- Put the salt and water in a pan and bring it to a steady boil.
- While the water is heating up, wash and cut the potatoes into 1 inch chunks. Peel if desired (I usually don't, but if you are not using red potatoes you will probably need to).
- When the water is boiling, add the chopped potatoes. Cook until potatoes are tender but not so long they become mealy (abt. 15-20 min., different stoves may vary).
- While the potatoes are cooking, peel and mash the garlic and dice the onion.
- When the potatoes are ready, dump all but about a quarter inch of the water from the pan and add the garlic and onions. Stir well so that the garlic and onions are mixed with the boiling water. Cook for about a minute and then reduce the heat to Medium or Medium Low.
- Add a couple tablespoons of butter and a generous pour of the whipping cream. Mash the potatoes, alternately adding a little butter and a little cream until you can mash them easily and they are the consistency you desire.
- Serve hot plain or with gravy, shredded cheese or other toppings.
- For variety, use other quick-cooking vegetables or herbs in place of the garlic and onion, such as leeks, rosemary or diced tomato.
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09-16-2007, 03:31 AM
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Mashed Potatoes
Mashed potatoes are a staple of many family get-togethers. Don\'t reach for the instant potatoes! This recipe only takes a few minutes longer to make but I guarantee that it\'s more than worth the extra time.
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12-19-2007, 11:20 AM
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Re: Mashed Potatoes
I like instant mashed potatoes, bye golly!
The treat is in roasting the garlic, mash it to a paste, and mixing it in while mashing the potatoes.
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Re: Mashed Potatoes
Ever add shredded cheese to your mashed potatos? mmmmmm it's so good!
another good one is the shredded chees and then some bacon bits.
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Re: Mashed Potatoes
Instant "taters" are good to keep on hand when you over do it with the milk and/or butter and get the real ones too runny. Also they are good for thickening potato soup too.
Use some sour cream in place of some of the milk or cream, add some chives, top with shredded cheese and bacon bits,,, loaded MASHED taters ;o)
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Re: Mashed Potatoes
Oh my goodness, I think I know what's on my dinner menu tonight!
Serve it up with some pork chops.
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Re: Mashed Potatoes
a few good scoops of sour cream in the mash potaotes with chives is good too
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Re: Mashed Potatoes
I have used the recipe given here for many moons and had to chuckle with the ''Note..whipping cream..not 'whipped' cream''...but mine has one extra ingredient. I love OLD cookbooks and imagine my surprise when I found in an 1890 cookbook the one ingredient that is a surefire guarantee for the 'bestevers'. Would you believe ...baking powder...[Note: baking POWDER...Not... baking SODA] and then I found out by some, it was considered a 'new' idea. I add it after the first dash of milk,[excuse me] cream..then the rest of the butter, cream and other additives one prefers. They're ALWAYS light and Fluffio-so-fluffy.  |
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