Simple Mashed Potatoes

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Course: Dinner, Side Dish

Cuisine: American, French, German, United Kingdom

Keyword: American, French, German, Mashed, Potato, Sides, Tasty, United Kingdom

Prep Time: 15

Cook Time: 30

Servings: Servings

Calories: 135kcal

A mainstay of many dishes. Mashed potatoes make a great side dish or can even be a part of the main dish. Making them from scratch is the best and tastiest way to go.

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Equipment

1 Chef's knife
1 Potato masher
1 Stirring spoon
1 Hand mixer
1 Small pot

Ingredients

3 lbs Baking potatoes Peeled & quartered.
4 cloves Garlic Minced.
1½ cups Milk
3 tbsp Unsalted butter
1 p Salt to taste.
1 p Black pepper to taste.

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Instructions

Mise En Place

Gather and prepare all of your ingredients. Potatoes are quartered and garlic is minced, etc.
3 lbs Baking potatoes
4 cloves Garlic
1½ cups Whole milk
3 tbsp Unsalted butter
1 p Salt
1 p Black pepper
3 lbs Baking potatoes, 4 cloves Garlic, 1½ cups Milk, 3 tbsp Unsalted butter, 1 p Salt, 1 p Black pepper

Boil The Water

Bring a large pot of water to a boil and add the potatoes and the garlic, lower heat to medium, and simmer until potatoes are tender. Roughly 20-30 minutes.
3 lbs Baking potatoes, 4 cloves Garlic

Start The Milk & Butter

When the potatoes are getting closer to being finished, heat the milk and butter in a small saucepan until the butter is melted.
1½ cups Milk, 3 tbsp Unsalted butter

Drain & Mix

Drain the potatoes and return to the pot. Slowly begin adding the warm milk mixture, blending with either a potato masher or an electric mixer until the potatoes are smooth and creamy. Season with salt and pepper as needed.
1 p Salt, 1 p Black pepper

Service Or Uses

In this particular situation, mashed potatoes can be used in a wide variety of ways; as a simple side dish, or a filling for a shepherd's pie. There are a multitude of ways that mashed potatoes can be served.

Notes

You can use many different types of milk. Skim, low fat, or 1/2 & 1/2. I haven't tried this with milk substitutes yet, but think it may be interesting.

Seasoning is really up to you and only limited by your imagination and creativity. Please share some of your variations.

If you would like the potatoes to be looser, add a little more milk at a time until you achieve the consistency you desire. This batch was made on the stiffer side as it was a part of an entree of Swedish Meatballs.

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