THE BEST MASHED POTATOES
This is our go-to recipe for classic mashed potatoes, made with plenty of butter and cream. To make them fluffy and flavorful, be sure to simmer them slowly and add plenty of salt to the cooking water. And don't skip the step of steaming the excess water off; leaving too much moisture in the potatoes causes them to be loose and gluey.
Provided by Food Network Kitchen
Categories side-dish
Time 40m
Yield 4 to 6 servings
Number Of Ingredients 4
Steps:
- Put the potatoes in a large pot and cover with cold water. Generously salt the water and bring to a boil over high heat. Then lower the heat to medium and gently simmer until the potatoes are completely tender when pierced with the tip of a knife, about 30 minutes.
- Drain the potatoes well and return them to the pot. Place the pot over low heat and let any residual water steam off, about 2 minutes. Mash the potatoes well with a potato masher. Fold in the butter with a spatula until melted, and then fold in the cream. Season with salt and pepper.
MASHED POTATOES
As a meat and potatoes kind of guy, mashed potatoes is my favorite side dish. I've been making this for years, and it's the main thing I'm asked to make for family gatherings. These mashed potatoes are better than any I've ever found anywhere
Provided by Tsmith70
Categories Potato
Time 40m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Peel, cut up and boil potatoes until tender.
- Drain water and put potatoes in a mixing bowl.
- Add margarine, sour cream and milk.
- Use an electric mixer and mix until desired consistency.
- The KEY here is to add salt and pepper to taste.
- You might add anywhere from a teaspoon to several tablespoons of salt, just depending on how much you like salt.
- Pepper is the same way, although use it more sparingly.
- Just remember to add a little at a time, until you get it where you like it.
- Once that is done, I usually put a couple of pats of margarine on top of the finished potatoes to let it melt.
- Then sprinkle parsley over it.
- This will make the best mashed potatoes I've ever found anywhere.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 450.9, Fat 13.5, SaturatedFat 3.5, Cholesterol 5.2, Sodium 171, Carbohydrate 75.4, Fiber 9.4, Sugar 3.5, Protein 9.4
BASIC MASHED POTATOES
Steps:
- Put 2 pounds whole unpeeled russet or Yukon gold potatoes in a large saucepan and cover with cold water; add 2 tablespoons kosher salt. Bring to a simmer (do not boil) and cook until the potatoes are tender, about 45 minutes.
- Drain the potatoes, then peel and return to the pan; add 1 cup hot milk and 1/2 to 1 stick room-temperature unsalted butter. Mash with a potato masher or fork. Season with salt and pepper.
ULTIMATE MASHED POTATOES RECIPE BY TASTY
Who doesn't love potatoes? I mean, come on. Fry 'em, dice 'em, slice 'em, or bake 'em, there's nothing better than a well-seasoned iteration of a potato. This time, we're mashing 'em. And not only are we mashing them, we're loading 'em up with all sorts of tantalizing flavors to give you, what we proudly call, the Ultimate Mashed Potato. It's an experience, trust us.
Provided by Jody Tixier
Categories Sides
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- On a cutting board, peel the potatoes. Place the potatoes in a large bowl of cold water after peeling to avoid discoloration.
- Cut the potatoes into 1-inch (2 cm) cubes.
- Add the potatoes to a large pot and cover with cold water. Bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce the heat to low and simmer for 12 minutes.
- In a small saucepan, bring the milk, heavy cream, and garlic to a simmer over low heat.
- Remove the pot from the heat and strain the cream through a fine mesh sieve.
- Drain the potatoes in a colander and transfer back to the pot.
- Mash the potatoes with a potato masher, potato ricer, or by pushing through a fine mesh sieve with a spatula.
- Add the cubed cold butter and salt. Stir to combine.
- Gradually add the cream mixture to the potatoes, little by little, until fully incorporated.
- Top with freshly ground black pepper and sprinkle with chives and serve.
- Enjoy!
Nutrition Facts : Calories 520 calories, Carbohydrate 47 grams, Fat 36 grams, Fiber 4 grams, Protein 6 grams, Sugar 4 grams
BASIC MASHED POTATOES
If you love good, old fashioned mashed potatoes this is the perfect recipe. Simple and delicious.
Provided by Esmee Williams
Categories Side Dish Potato Side Dish Recipes Mashed Potato Recipes
Time 35m
Yield 4
Number Of Ingredients 4
Steps:
- Bring a pot of salted water to a boil. Add potatoes and cook until tender but still firm, about 15 minutes; drain.
- In a small saucepan heat butter and milk over low heat until butter is melted. Using a potato masher or electric beater, slowly blend milk mixture into potatoes until smooth and creamy. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 257.1 calories, Carbohydrate 43.7 g, Cholesterol 20.1 mg, Fat 7.2 g, Fiber 3.7 g, Protein 5.6 g, SaturatedFat 4.5 g, Sodium 76.1 mg, Sugar 4.6 g
TRADITIONAL MASHED POTATOES
Mashed potatoes make a wonderful accompaniment to most any meal, so keep this recipe handy.
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Side Dishes
Time 30m
Yield 6 servings (about 4-1/2 cups).
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- Place potatoes in a large saucepan; add water to cover. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium; cook, uncovered, until easily pierced with a fork, 20-25 minutes. Drain. Add remaining ingredients; mash until light and fluffy.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 168 calories, Fat 8g fat (5g saturated fat), Cholesterol 22mg cholesterol, Sodium 367mg sodium, Carbohydrate 22g carbohydrate (3g sugars, Fiber 1g fiber), Protein 3g protein.
FLUFFY MASHED POTATOES
For the silkiest fluffy mashed potatoes, start with firm, cool Russet Burbank spuds, also known as baking potatoes. They're the easiest to mash without becoming pasty and are even tastier steamed instead of boiled. Boiling potatoes can leave them waterlogged, diluting their earthy subtle sweetness, but steaming them preserves their inherent flavor. As the potatoes soften, they absorb just the right amount of moisture. Seasoning the dish only at the very end heightens their intrinsic subtle sweetness. If you have a ricer, use it for an exceptionally smooth texture: Press the steamed potatoes through the ricer back into the pot, then gently fold in the butter and milk with a wooden spoon or flexible spatula.
Provided by Genevieve Ko
Categories side dish
Time 40m
Yield 6 to 8 servings
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Prepare a steamer: Arrange an insert or basket (or a large colander, if you have neither) in a large pot, and add enough water to come just below the base of the steamer. Bring water to a boil over medium-high heat.
- Rinse potatoes well, then peel. Rinse again, then cut into 1-inch chunks. Spread evenly in the steamer, cover, reduce heat to medium and steam until the potatoes are very tender, 20 to 25 minutes. A fork should slide easily into a piece and break it without effort. Turn off the stove, carefully remove the steamer insert and drain the water from the pot. Pour the potatoes back into the pot and spread evenly.
- Let the potatoes stand until their surfaces are dry, about 3 minutes. Meanwhile, heat the milk in a small saucepan over medium-high until steaming, then keep warm over low. Set the potatoes over low heat and mash thoroughly with a dinner fork. Add about one-quarter of the milk and mash until the milk is incorporated.
- Scatter the butter evenly over the potatoes and mash in until all traces of butter disappear. Add half of the remaining milk and mash to incorporate, then add the rest of the milk and gently whip until smooth, circling the fork as if beating eggs. If you don't want your mashed potatoes so thick, beat in more milk. Sprinkle with salt and pepper, taste, and season more if you'd like.
- Serve immediately, keep warm over low heat for up to 1 hour, or transfer to airtight containers and refrigerate for up to 2 days. Mashed potatoes thicken as they cool, so they need cream to regain the right consistency. If kept warm, gently mash in heavy cream until smooth and loose again, adding more if you'd like. If cold, heat the cream in a large pot until steaming, then add the potatoes. Gently mash and whip, adding more cream as needed, until heated through and fluffy. Season to taste again before serving.
CREAMIEST MASHED POTATOES RECIPE BY TASTY
Here's what you need: yukon gold potato, kosher salt, unsalted butter, heavy cream, fresh rosemary, garlic, butter, freshly ground black pepper, chive, gravy
Provided by Betsy Carter
Categories Sides
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- On a cutting board, peel the potatoes. Place the potatoes in a large bowl of cold water after peeling to prevent discoloration.
- Dice the potatoes into 1-inch (2-cm) cubes.
- Add the potatoes to a large pot of cold water, along with the salt. Bring to a soft boil over high heat, then reduce the heat to low and simmer for about 12 minutes, until the potatoes are fork-tender.
- Drain the potatoes in a colander, then return to the pot. Increase the heat to medium-high and stir the potatoes around for 2-3 minutes to evaporate any excess moisture.
- Transfer the potatoes to a large bowl and mash with a potato masher, potato ricer, or by pushing through a fine mesh sieve with a spatula.
- Add the melted butter and stir to incorporate, then season with salt to taste.
- In a small saucepan, combine the heavy cream, rosemary, and garlic. Bring to a simmer over low heat, let simmer for a few minutes, then remove the pot from the heat and strain through a fine mesh sieve.
- Gradually add the cream mixture to the potatoes, a little at a time, stirring until fully incorporated.
- Top with a pat of butter, freshly ground black pepper, and a sprinkle with chives, or gravy, if desired.
- Serve warm.
- Enjoy!
Nutrition Facts : Calories 810 calories, Carbohydrate 92 grams, Fat 49 grams, Fiber 8 grams, Protein 10 grams, Sugar 6 grams
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- Peel the potatoes, removing as many of the eyes as possible with the tip of your peeler. (If you prefer more rustic-looking mashed potatoes, keep the skin on half of them and mash them with a potato masher instead of a food mill or potato ricer.)
- Submerge the potatoes in a bowl of cold water to keep them from turning brown while you are chopping them.
- Cut the potatoes into similar-sized chunks so they will cook evenly: the cubes should be about 1½ to two inches wide.
- Put the cut potatoes in a large pot. Use a pot large enough to hold the potatoes with enough water to cover, plus room for the water to boil up without boiling over.
- Cover the pot and simmer until potatoes are tender — about 15 to 20 minutes. A knife tip inserted into a potato should meet no resistance; if the potato clings to the knife, the potatoes need to cook longer.
- Return the drained potatoes to the pot and heat over medium-high heat for about a minute to cook off any excess water. This guarantees your mashed potatoes won't be watery.
- Now we get to the mashing part. For this recipe, we used a food mill to break up the potatoes and remove any lumps. Once the potatoes have been passed through the mill, drizzle half of your hot cream mixture through and around the grate to get every last bit of potato.
- Taste the potatoes for seasoning and adjust to taste. Test for consistency, too: If the potatoes are too thick, add more cream. Other herbs and spices can be added at this point as well: chopped chives, Italian parsley, Parmesan cheese, crumbled bacon, roasted garlic, chopped scallions, or creamed leeks are all delicious additions.
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- Choose the Right Potatoes. Everyone has their own idea of what makes perfect mashed potatoes. Whether you're seeking a creamy or fluffy mash, spuds rich with cream or something as light as air, you can use the tips in this guide to make perfect mashed potatoes no matter which recipe you use.
- Boil the Potatoes Whole. Plenty of recipes and tips will have you peel and cut potatoes into even pieces. A much better option is to buy potatoes that are all about the same size so they will cook evenly.
- Dry the Potatoes. Drain the potatoes, return them to the hot pot, and return the pot to low heat. Cook, uncovered, shaking the pan every few minutes, for 5 to 10 minutes to evaporate as much water from the hot potatoes as you can.
- Peel & Mash the Potatoes. The extent to which it is worth the $15 or so that a ricer costs when it comes to mashed potatoes cannot be stressed enough. A ricer mashes potatoes utterly and completely, without a bump or lump in sight.
- Add Hot Cream, Butter, or Other Flavorings. Heat any cream, milk, butter, or flavorings before you add them to the mashed potatoes. This will keep the potatoes hot and also keep them fluffy.
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