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How To Make Buttery Mashed Potatoes

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How To Make Buttery Mashed Potatoes
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Buttery Mashed Potatoes Recipe. Creamy mashed potatoes: an everyday dish for the whole family to enjoy! Devour our Buttery Mashed Potatoes recipe. Enlarge Buttery Mashed Potatoes Recipe. Creamy mashed potatoes: an everyday dish for the whole family to enjoy! Devour our Buttery Mashed Potatoes recipe.
Serves:
2
Preparation Time:
25 minutes
Cooking Time:
40 minutes
Total Time:
1 hour 5 minutes

Step 1: You will need

  • 1 kg starchy potatoes
  • 200 g cubed butter
  • 250 ml milk
  • salt
  • 1 saucepan
  • 1 sieve
  • paper towel
  • 1 small knife
  • 1 whisk
  • 1 bowl
  • 1 rubber spatula

Step 2: Boil the potatoes

Place the whole unpeeled potatoes into a large pan and then add enough water to cover. Season with salt and bring to a simmer for roughly 20-30 minutes.

Season with 10g of salt per litre of water.

Step 3: Drain and peel the potatoes

Drain the water from the pan of potatoes, into the sink, using your spoon to stop the potatoes spilling over. Then fold two pieces of kitchen towel into two small squares. Take one cooked potato and hold it in the paper as they will be very hot.

Then using a small knife, carefully scrape off the skin, discard it and place the potato in a bowl. Take a second potato and once more scrape off the skin and place into the bowl. Repeat the process until all the potatoes are peeled.

Step 4: Pass through a sieve

Wipe the pan clean that you used for boiling the potatoes. Then place a sieve over the pan. Take one peeled potato and using your rubber spatula break it up before pushing the potato through the sieve.

You can use a vegetable ricer for this process as well.

Starchier potatoes are better for this recipe.

Step 5: Warm the milk

Place the milk into a pan under a medium heat and allow it to warm through. And then remove from the heat.

Step 6: Dry the potatoes

Place the pan of mashed potatoes under a medium low heat and stir then dry the potatoes for a few minutes.

Step 7: Add in the butter

Once the potatoes are dry, still keeping the pan under the heat, add in the butter little by little and fold in. To fold simply means to mix in gently. When the butter is totally incorporated only then add the next batch of butter.

Continue to add, fold and combine gently, until all the butter is used. Stir constantly to emulsify the fat from the butter.

Step 8: Add the milk

Once the butter has emulsified add one third of the milk and then using your whisk mix the warm milk into the potatoes. Add in another third of milk, stir well and then whisk in.

Depending how you like your potatoes you can add a little more milk. Your potatoes should now have a creamy, loose consistency.

Step 9: Season and remove

Season with some salt and whisk in well. Then remove from the heat.

Step 10: Serve

Truffle oil or olive oil goes extremely well with mashed potatoes. So feel free to use either one of them for that extra special occasion.
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  2. 2042nicky

    There is a difference between correlation and causation. It could simply be that the unhealthier people also don't care about their diet and eat whatever they want. There could be a number of reasons. Also, do some research on Eskimo's - they were very healthy and ate only fat and protein for large periods of time. Just trying to be fair.

  3. brandyroom

    it's great! I added more butter...and it's really what i've been looking for.

  4. Maureenann

    Peel potatoes and cut into even sized pieces. Cover with cold water, add a little salt, put lid on. Bring to a boil and simmer until they are soft enough to mash. Turn off and drain. Put back on the ring, cover with a teatowel, leave for 2 minutes. Remove towel. Add a few knobs of room temperature butter and a glug of warm milk, depending on how many potatoes you have, probably a third of a cup of milk for a portion of 4. Give them a good mash and serve. A few dashes of sweet chilli sauce mashed in at the end makes them another great alternative. Enjoy!

  5. redian2

    this is the wrong way to make mashed potato.first you should peel the potatoes then slice them.boil them until they break up easy.then drain most of the water leaving a little water in the potatoes.using a good masher and a bit of elbow grease give them a good mash and whisk then add a knob of butter and salt and pepper to taste mash them again then add your millk and just keep mashing and there you have it simplessss.you can not over mash the spuds

  6. kart777

    Polyunsaturated fat can be found mostly in grain products, fish and sea food (herring, salmon, mackerel, halibut), soybeans, and fish oil. Foods like mayonnaise and soft margarine may also be good sources, but nutritional facts can vary by style and brand. Omega-3 fatty acids in fish oil, fish and seafood have been shown to lower the risk of heart attacks.[1] Omega-6 fatty acids in sunflower oil and safflower oil also reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease, but can contribute to allergies and inflammation.[citation needed] Omega-3 fatty acids reduced prostate tumor growth, slowed histopathological progression, and increased survival[2]. Among n-3 fatty acids [Omega-3], neither long-chain nor short-chain forms were consistently associated with breast cancer risk. High levels of docosahexaenoic acid, however, the most abundant n-3 PUFA [Omega-3] in erythrocyte membranes, were associated with a reduced risk of breast cancer.[3].

  7. kart777

    @schrawnie Dude U ....just exactly said that opposite of what is actually the FACT!!Diets high in saturated fat are correlated with an increased incidence of atherosclerosis and coronary heart disease according to a number of studies, both in African green monkeys[4] and humans, such as a study of infant diets [5] and 22 hypercholesterolemic men. [6][7][8] Some studies have suggested that diets high in saturated fat increase the risk of heart disease and stroke. Epidemiological studies have found that those whose diets are high in saturated fatty acids, including lauric, myristic, palmitic, and stearic acid, had a higher prevalence of coronary heart disease.[9][10][11][12] Source:Wiki

  8. schwarnie

    Saturated Fat does not clog arteries. FACT. Come on Wake up people.

  9. schwarnie

    The fatty acids found in artery clogs are mostly unsaturated (74%) of which 41% are polyunsaturated. (Lancet 1994 344:1195) Saturated Fat (butter) does not clog arteries FACT.

  10. schwarnie

    Unbelievable how little people know about FATS. Come on guys educate yourself, saturated fat is essential for you. Butter, lard, coconut oil are all EFA's and are all packed with nutrients. Saturated Fat is the preferred food for the heart, its polyunsaturates you should avoid. Margarines and Vegetable oils. Such as corn, safflower, sunflower and canola oil are all dangerous oils and are responsible for CHD.