Easy Creamy Mashed Potatoes

Name: Easy Creamy Mashed Potatoes
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 3 whole potatoes; butter; heavy cream or milk; garlic; salt; black pepper; knob cream cheese; knob sour cream; spring onion

Serves 1

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Easy Creamy Mashed Potatoes

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Serves 1

Directions

1Wash the potatoes and cut them into chunks, leaving the skin on.
2Boil the potato chunks in fiercely salted water until cooked through.
3While potatoes are boiling, melt butter, heavy cream or milk, and grated fresh garlic in a separate pot.
4Season the butter mixture with salt and pepper.
5Drain the cooked potatoes and return them to the same pot, shaking out excess moisture.
6Mash the potatoes with a potato masher.
7Turn off the heat and slowly pour the butter and cream mixture into the mashed potatoes, folding it in gently.
8Add a knob of cream cheese and sour cream to the mashed potatoes and fold it in.
9Serve the mashed potatoes onto a plate.
10Top with a little bit of butter if desired.
11Chop spring onion or chives.
12Garnish the mashed potatoes with chopped spring onion.

Ingredients

3 whole potatoes
butter
heavy cream or milk
garlic
salt
black pepper
knob cream cheese
knob sour cream
spring onion

Equipment

cutting boardknifepotwhiskpotato masherstrainerwooden spoonplate

Tips

Salt your water fiercely when boiling potatoes; it should taste like the sea.
Don't overmix the potatoes once the mixture is added to avoid them becoming gummy.
If you want very smooth mashed potatoes, use a proper ricer or specific tool for smoothing potatoes.

Easy Creamy Mashed Potatoes

Serves 1

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Easy Creamy Mashed Potatoes

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Serves 1

Directions

1Wash the potatoes and cut them into chunks, leaving the skin on.
2Boil the potato chunks in fiercely salted water until cooked through.
3While potatoes are boiling, melt butter, heavy cream or milk, and grated fresh garlic in a separate pot.
4Season the butter mixture with salt and pepper.
5Drain the cooked potatoes and return them to the same pot, shaking out excess moisture.
6Mash the potatoes with a potato masher.
7Turn off the heat and slowly pour the butter and cream mixture into the mashed potatoes, folding it in gently.
8Add a knob of cream cheese and sour cream to the mashed potatoes and fold it in.
9Serve the mashed potatoes onto a plate.
10Top with a little bit of butter if desired.
11Chop spring onion or chives.
12Garnish the mashed potatoes with chopped spring onion.

Ingredients

3 whole potatoes
butter
heavy cream or milk
garlic
salt
black pepper
knob cream cheese
knob sour cream
spring onion

Equipment

cutting boardknifepotwhiskpotato masherstrainerwooden spoonplate

Tips

Salt your water fiercely when boiling potatoes; it should taste like the sea.
Don't overmix the potatoes once the mixture is added to avoid them becoming gummy.
If you want very smooth mashed potatoes, use a proper ricer or specific tool for smoothing potatoes.