# Real Mashed Potatoes

This recipe describes how to prepare creamy mashed potatoes.

- Servings: 1 servings
- Total time: 1 min
- Cuisine: American
- Category: Side
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 7 potatoes
- 1 part cream
- 2 parts milk
- 1 pinch black peppercorns
- 3 bay leaves
- 1 pinch thyme
- 0.5 potato weight butter
- 1 pinch salt

## Instructions

1. Cut a circle around the potatoes without peeling or chopping them, then dump them into cold water.
2. Place the potatoes on the stove.
3. In a pot, add one part cream and two parts milk. Add black peppercorns, bay leaves, and thyme.
4. Leave this to infuse on the stove at low heat while the potatoes are boiling.
5. Strain the infused milk.
6. Once the potatoes are tender, drain the water and leave the potatoes in the pot to steam for at least 5-10 minutes.
7. Dry the potatoes with a paper towel.
8. Force the potatoes through a ricer.
9. Pass the potatoes through a strainer into a bowl.
10. Add in the warm infused milk and incorporate nicely.
11. Slowly add in the butter until smooth (approximately half the potato weight in butter).
12. Add salt and mix until well incorporated.

## Equipment

- knife
- pot
- stove
- strainer
- bowl
- potato ricer
- spatula

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DGL8GplIJQ3/?igsh=MTk0YTh5ZWNnZjY3Yg==
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/9207be81-b0b1-4d93-95c4-6ffc086998b8
- Extracted: 2025-02-24

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