Mashed Potatoes
also called mashed potato · mash · whipped potatoes · smashed potatoes · mashers
- Diner
- Meat and Three
- serves 6
- recipe says 40 min
- Vegetables & Sides
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The table
| 3 lb(1.4 kg; peeled, in even 2-in chunks)Yukon Gold potatoes | simmer 20 min, started from cold salted water | drain, dry them in the empty pan 2 min | press through a ricer, fold in the soft butter | loosen with hot milk, season |
| 4 qt(3.8 L)cold water | ||||
| 2 Tbs(36 g)kosher salt | ||||
| 6 Tbs(85 g; soft)unsalted butter | ||||
| 3/4 cup(180 mL; heated)whole milk | ||||
| 1 1/2 tsp(9 g)kosher salt | ||||
| 1/4 tspwhite pepper | ||||
What to lay out
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Pans and tools
1simmer 20 min, started from cold salted water
3press through a ricer, fold in the soft butter
goes in with what step 2 made
4loosen with hot milk, season
goes in with what step 3 made
Cooking it
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The clock
- Start to finish
- at least 22 min2 of 4 steps give no time
- Needs you
- none given
simmer 20 min, started from cold salted water
20 minwalk awayfrom the start
drain, dry them in the empty pan 2 min
2 minwalk away20 min in
press through a ricer, fold in the soft butter
not timed22 min in
loosen with hot milk, season
not timed22 min in
- you can walk away
- never timed
You'll need ricer
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See how it is written
>> title: Mashed Potatoes
>> category: Vegetables & Sides
>> tags: potatoes, butter, side, blue plate, stovetop
>> counters: Diner, Meat and Three
>> aka: mashed potato, mash, whipped potatoes, smashed potatoes, mashers
>> pairs-with: turkey-pan-gravy, pot-roast
>> servings: 6
>> time: 40 min
>> step: simmer 20 min, started from cold salted water
Simmer @Yukon Gold potatoes{3%lb}(1.4 kg; peeled, in even 2-in chunks) in @cold water{4%qt}(3.8 L) with @kosher salt{2%Tbs}(36 g) ~simmer{20%min}, started from cold so the outsides do not blow out before the middles give.
>> step: drain, dry them in the empty pan 2 min
Drain @&(~1)potatoes{} and return them to the dry pan over low heat ~drain{2%min}, shaking now and then, until the steam stops and the surfaces go chalky.
>> step: press through a ricer, fold in the soft butter
Rice @&(~1)dried potatoes{} through a #ricer{} and fold @unsalted butter{6%Tbs}(85 g; soft) through them while they are still too hot to touch.
>> step: loosen with hot milk, season
Loosen @&(~1)buttered potatoes{} with @whole milk{3/4%cup}(180 mL; heated) poured in a little at a time, and season with @kosher salt{1 1/2%tsp}(9 g) and @white pepper{1/4%tsp}.