Hey everyone, it’s John, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, mashed potatoes. One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
mashed potatoes is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. They’re fine and they look wonderful. mashed potatoes is something which I’ve loved my entire life.
Mashed potato (British English) or mashed potatoes (American English and Canadian English), colloquially known as mash (British English), is a dish of mashing boiled potatoes. Also, classical mashed potatoes are always peeled, but leaving the peels on potatoes will add The best potatoes to use for making mashed potatoes are high-starch potatoes like Russet potatoes or. Presenting…my all-time favorite mashed potatoes recipe.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have mashed potatoes using 5 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make mashed potatoes:
- Prepare 6 medium yukon gold potatoes
- Make ready 1 stick Butter
- Prepare 1/2 pints heavy whipping cream
- Prepare 1 salt
- Get 1 black pepper
The Best Mashed Potatoes Aren't Mashed. Folks have been wielding the potato masher in the kitchen for generations, so if this is your preferred method, I say stick with it. This is the only recipe you need for creamy, dreamy mashed spuds. Mashed potatoes are simple and easy to prepare.
Instructions to make mashed potatoes:
- Turn your oven on to 375°F. You don't really have to preheat for this recipe.
- Arrange your potatoes on a baking tray. Bake for about 75 -90 minutes, depending on the size of your potatoes.
- You'll want to have your mashed potato kit ready when the potatoes come out of the oven. Slice up your stick of butter, get yourself a towel, a good bowl, a strong wooden spoon, a container for the spent tater skins, and a knife. Warm the cream gently on the stove.
- You know your potatoes are ready when you can poke a toothpick straight through to the center of the largest potato without feeling much resistance at all.
- Alright, it's go time! The rest of this recipe is a race. You're fighting time to get those potatoes whipped, seasoned, and on the table before they cool. Many cooks recommend performing the rest of this recipe over a double boiler in order to maintain temperature. Personally, I don't like to make things too complicated. Better just move quick.
- With your knife in your dominant hand, use the towel to pick up a hot potato with the other. Slice a strip of skin off, and scoop the insides into your bowl. Repeat with remaining potatoes.
- If you have a ricer available, and you like your mashed potatoes silky smooth, pass the potatoes and butter through your ricer. No ricer? Don't sweat it, just scatter the sliced butter over your potatoes and move to the next step.
- Beat those spuds with a wooden spoon. This technique is known to many as the 'dead arm,' technique (very little relation to the 'dead hand' technique) and I guarantee you it is the key to elevating your mashed potato game. Swirl the spoon around in the bowl until the potatoes seem to want to form a dough. Continue beating until it feels like your arm is gonna fall off.
- Toss in a little salt and pepper, and beat in the cream. Now, just tighten up your seasoning and don't forget to perform a final mix.
- Get em on the table and in some bellies. Great mashed potatoes are like a great risotto. They don't know respect. They're not gonna wait for anybody, not you, not Grandma, not anybody.
They make a great side dish to just about any dinner but go especially well with steak or turkey. We adore mashed potatoes and make them often. Since we make a batch almost every week, we wanted to share our favorite way to make them. The recipe varies slightly depending on who makes it. Mashed potatoes recipe simple and fast.
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