Creamy Mashed Potatoes
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Creamy Mashed Potatoes
Description
The Creamy Mashed Potatoes recipe starts with peeling and slicing floury potatoes, then boiling them in salted water until they soften and nearly fall apart. While potatoes cook, cream and milk are gently heated until just boiling. After draining, the potatoes are mashed thoroughly—ideally using a mouli or ricer to avoid lumps—and vigorously whisked together with soft butter. A portion of the warm cream and milk mixture is then folded in to add moisture and richness, followed by more whisking to create a smooth and fluffy texture. Salt and white pepper season the potatoes carefully.
The method yields mashed potatoes that are silky and hearty, with a slight richness from the butter and cream. The texture is lightened by the whisking technique, making it suitable as a versatile side dish accompanying meats, vegetables, and gravies. Adjusting the amount of liquid lets you control the creaminess to suit your preference.
Ingredients
- 2 kilograms potato floury, white
- 150 grams butter soft
- 200 millilitres cream
- 200 millilitres milk whole
- salt
- ground white pepper
Instructions
- Peel and cut the potatoes into 1 cm (1/2 inch) slices.
- Place in pot of cold salted water and put on to boil.
- Place cream and milk in small saucepan and slowly warm.
- Once the potatoes are boiling, reduce the heat slightly and cook until they start to fall apart in the pot.
- Strain well (allow to sit in strainer for 1 minute)
- Potatoes can be transferred to a large mixing bowl and mashed, or preferably put through a mouli into a large mixing bowl.
- Once all the lumps have been mashed out of the potatoes, turn the cream and milk up to boil (keep an eye on it, as soon as it starts to boil, remove from the heat).
- Meanwhile, using a sturdy whisk, whisk the potatoes vigorously with the butter.
- Once the cream and milk have boiled, fold some not all, of it into the mash with a rubber spatula.
- Whisk the potatoes vigorously once again, and taste for seasoning. If at this stage they are not fluffy a little more cream and milk can be folded and then whisked in.
Notes
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