Silky Smooth Dairy Mashed Potatoes

A couple of months ago I tried with satisfactory results a recipe of mashed potatoes, but I knew I can do more. At least, my taste memories told me that there are far better results than my modest outcome. Therefore, I gave it one more try and in one hour time, I prepared some silky smooth dairy mashed potatoes to remember and replicate for a very long time from now on.

It is easy to prepare, although a long list of ingredients is needed.

Ingredients

4 medium-sized potatoes, peeled

1 tablespoon Osem consomme

150 gr. Irish butter

1/2 tablespoon kitchen salt

1 tablespoon za'atar

4 big garlic cloves, minced

1 tablespoon olive oil

150 ml. cold milk

Directions

Boil the potatoes in a salty water for around 45 minutes. Meanwhile, in a pan, melt the butter, mixed with the osem and za'atar. Mix well. Add the garlic cloves and let them soak in the butter for a couple of minutes. When boiled enough, mash the potatoes until creamy and add it to the pan. Pour the milk and the olive oil and mix well. If necessary, keep mashing the potatoes, until all the lumps are smashed. Keep mixing for at least another 15 minutes. Add more milk, if necessary.

To be served with a side fresh salad of olives, avocado and olive oil, or even some fish. For me, the combination between garlic and olive is the main predominant, addictive taste.

If you want to make it non-dairy, you can replace the butter with vegetable margarine and the milk with soy or even water. What matters is to have enough liquid to soak the potatoes in while in the pan.

Serves: 3

Preparation: 15 minutes

Cooking: 15 minutes

Bon Appétit!

Perfectly easy recipe of mashed potatoes

If you wonder why someone able to make complicated recipes seems to have so much fear of preparing very simple recipes, like mashed potatoes, I do wonder too. Maybe I have to call a special therapy session where I have to deal with my (apparently many) stumbling blocks against fully developing my cooking skills. 

However, until such a serious encounter will take place, I will rather take care of my problems by myself, by simply setting a daily cooking objective and following it. Today, it was the mashed potatoes, a meal I only tried to prepare a couple of times, without satisfactory results.

Time for a change.

Ingredients

8 moderate potatoes, peeled and put to boil for around 30 minutes in 2 liter salty water

1 tablespoon butter with Skyr. Skyr is a fantastic traditional Icelandic dairy product that I will feature extensively on a next post.

1 teaspoon salt

100 ml. cold milk

1/2 teaspoon black pepper

1/2 teaspoon Osem seasoning mix 

Directions

When the potatoes are soft enough to be easily mashed, take them out of the boiling pot and mash them. You can do it in the food processor or by using a special tool, as mine, which has a grill-like end. Press the grill on the potatoes until you have a perfectly compact purée. Add the butter, the salt and pepper, and the seasoning mix and pour the milk. Add the composition back in the pan and stir it slowly at 250C temperature for another 10 minutes.

Cooking time: 1 hour

Serves: 4

Bon Appétit!