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Mashed Potatoes

Mashed Potatoes — a potato recipe, 6 ingredients.

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Ingredients

Units: US Metric
Scale: ½× – 4× with Plus →
  • About 1 kg/2¼ lb starchy (floury) potatoes
  • 60 g/4 tablespoons butter
  • 60 ml/¼ cup milk, half-and-half, or light cream
  • Salt
  • Pepper
  • Nutmeg (optional)
Make it lactose-friendly
  • 60 g/4 tablespoons butter → plant butter, ghee (mostly lactose-free), or olive oil
  • 60 ml/¼ cup milk, half-and-half, or light cream → lactose-free cream or coconut cream

Swaps are suggestions, not medical advice. Check labels if lactose is a serious issue for you.

Steps

  1. Peel the potatoes and dice them into pieces about 2–3 cm/1 inch thick.
  2. Place the potatoes with about 1 tablespoon of salt into a pot and add about 1.5 liters/1½ quarts of water.
  3. Boil the potatoes for about 15–20 minutes or until tender, then drain.
  4. Either
  5. Put through a potato ricer, then stir in the butter and milk or cream; or
  6. Add the butter and milk or cream, then mash with a potato masher.
  7. Add salt, pepper and (if you like) nutmeg to taste.
  8. Serve hot. Yields 4 servings.

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Source

Wikibooks Cookbook — adapted under CC BY-SA 3.0