Creamy Mashed Potatoes
Mashed potatoes are made by boiling potatoes until they are soft, then mashing them and adding various ingredients to achieve the desired flavour and texture.
Ingredients
- 1 kg Potato Preferably floury
- 1 tsp garlic powder/ minced garlic
- 50 grams of butter salted or unsalted
- ½ cup milk or cream
- ¼ to ½ cup sour cream optional
- Water as needed
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Chives for garnish
Instructions
- Peel the Potatoes and cut them into evenly sized chunks. This helps them cook more evenly.
- Transfer them to a pot of cold, salted water such that the water line is 1 inch above the potatoes. Cook on high heat until the water comes to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-high and continue cooking until a fork inserted in the middle of a potato goes in easily.
- Drain them well once the potatoes are cooked and transfer them back to the same pot.
- Use a potato masher or a ricer to mash the potatoes. When half mashed add the room-temperature butter, garlic powder, salt, and pepper to taste.
- Add the sour cream and mix everything well with a spatula.
- Gradually add warm milk or cream to the mashed potatoes while continuing to combine until you reach your desired consistency.
- Taste the mashed potatoes and adjust the salt and pepper to your liking.
- Serve the mashed potatoes hot, optionally garnished with additional butter and chives.
Notes
- You can also use different varieties of floury potatoes which can add interesting flavors and textures to your mashed potatoes.
- Don’t add cold ingredients to the warm potatoes. Make sure sour cream, milk or cream, and butter are all at room temperature.
- Don’t over-mash the potatoes.
- Add butter before the sour cream or milk or cream.
- You can reheat the mashed potatoes by adding 1 or 2 tablespoons of milk.
