Mashed Potatoes w/ Skins
(from gabe001’s recipe box)
Source: Rachael Ray
Prep time: 15 minutes
Cook time: 25 minutes
Serves 4 people
Categories: Potatoes
Ingredients
- 4 large starchy potatoes, such as Idaho
- Salt
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 garlic clove, peel, put in whole
- 4 scallions, chopped
- 1/2 cup sour cream or reduced fat sour cream
- 1/4 to 1/2 cup milk, depending on how you soft you like your mashers
- 1 sack, 10 ounces, shredded sharp Cheddar
Directions
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Cut potatoes, skins-on, into small chunks.
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Place potatoes in a pot and cover with cold water.
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Cover the pot and bring up to a boil over high heat.
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Uncover, add salt to season up the potatoes and cook until tender, about 15 minutes.
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Place a small pot over low heat and add butter, garlic and scallions.
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Let the mixture melt together and infuse. Cook over low heat and 5 minutes.
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Turn off heat and let stand.
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Drain potatoes then return them to the hot pot to evaporate some of the water content.
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Add the reserved garlic and scallion mixture to the potatoes along with the sour cream and start smashing away with a masher.
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Add in 1/4 cup to 1/2 cup milk to get potatoes to desired consistency then mash in cheese.
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Season-up the mashed super skins with salt and pepper, to your taste.