Peel the potatoes removing as many of the eyes as possible with the tip of your peeler if you prefer more rustic looking mashed potatoes keep the skin on half of them and mash them with a potato masher instead of a food mill or potato ricer. Bring to a boil over high heat and cook until the potatoes are fork tender about 20 minutes longer. Beat on low speed or mash with potato masher adding remaining milk or cream as needed to make potatoes light and fluffy. There are so many different varieties. Drain the potatoes and press through a potato ricer into a large bowl.
To remove excess starch you will want to rinse the potatoes after peeling and chopping them and then rinse them again after boiling the potatoes. Fluffy mashed potatoes are one of those traditional dishes that are a must for holiday dinners and are a staple of many weeknight meals. Drain water and add remaining ingredients. Season with salt and pepper. Cook potatoes in boiling salted water until tender.
There are dozens of recipes floating around that tout they are the best mashed potato recipe but for my family the secret lies in the addition of one extra ingredient that many other recipe leave. But no worries this easy recipe will become your best fluffy and creamy mash recipe. Put the potatoes into a large pot add the bay leaf 2 tablespoons salt and cover with cold water. It can get overwhelming. Bring to a boil over medium high heat and cook until the potatoes are tender about 20 minutes.
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The more starch you remove the lighter and fluffier your mashed potatoes will be. This brings us to the secret to perfectly light and fluffy mashed potatoes. Mash until smooth with a potato masher. Fluffy mashed potatoes with sour cream just screams comfort food and brings back memories of warm family gatherings. A ricer is basically a larger version of a garlic press with holes in it that forces food into tiny pieces about the width of rice.
Place the potatoes in a large pot and cover with cold water. These little pieces are then more able to absorb ingredients like cream butter and other flavors such as garlic wasabi or rosemary making your fluffy mashed potatoes an endless. Place the potatoes in a large pot and cover with cold water. The more starch you remove the lighter and fluffier your mashed potatoes will be. Parmesan salt garlic heavy cream butter cream cheese potatoes roasted pork chops with autumn mashed potatoes and sauteed spinach pork butter spinach ground cumin butternut squash olive oil crushed red pepper and 11 more.
These little pieces are then more able to absorb ingredients like cream butter and other flavors such as garlic wasabi or rosemary making your fluffy mashed potatoes an endless. There are dozens of recipes floating around that tout they are the best mashed potato recipe but for my family the secret lies in the addition of one extra ingredient that many other recipe leave. To remove excess starch you will want to rinse the potatoes after peeling and chopping them and then rinse them again after boiling the potatoes. Peel the potatoes removing as many of the eyes as possible with the tip of your peeler if you prefer more rustic looking mashed potatoes keep the skin on half of them and mash them with a potato masher instead of a food mill or potato ricer.