Creamy Garlic Mashed Potatoes Recipe

Garlic Mashed Potatoes are the creamiest most heavenly mashed potatoes ever.

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Garlic Mashed Potatoes are the creamiest most heavenly mashed potatoes ever. It is an excellent vegetable side dish for your favorite meats such as roasts or even cold meats. Easy and delicious!

What To Serve With These Creamy Spuds

Every potato lover knows the joy of eating smooth mashed potatoes. And this recipe is so full of flavor that it will surely delight your meals all year long. Serve it on special occasions like the major holidays with roast turkey or birthdays with something special like peppered steak.

What To Cook With This Recipe For A Complete Meal

I have given you 2 suggestions already for protein. If you follow the protein, starchy food and vegetable rule of thumb for putting together dinners, then you will only need now to decide on vegetables.

I have many delicious, easy, and quick-to-prepare vegetable dishes that you will love to try like caponata, parsnips, or tomatoes Provencal.

About The Ingredients

2 Whole Garlic Bulbs (Don't mistake the bulbs for cloves.)

A garlic bulb is made up of multiple cloves with each glove having its own onion-like skin and tightly packed together.

Sometimes making it a little challenging to separate them. And the bulb has a skin encasing the clump of cloves.

Now you know how much garlic is called for in this recipe don’t be alarmed at the amount as it is very different when it is cooked.

The garlic gives a much sweeter and more subtle flavor once cooked which gives your mashed potato the flavor of France!

Here Is An Easy Way To Peel Garlic

Put the garlic cloves in a small pan and pour boiling water over them, just to cover them. Boil for two minutes then remove from heat and drain. The garlic cloves will peel much easier and quicker as they cool.

Lots Of Yummy Potato Recipes

• French Frites (fries)
• Mashed Potatoes With Cheese Aligot!
• Cheesy Potato Soup
• Gratin Dauphinois
• Fondant Potatoes

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Garlic Mashed Potatoes

Judith

Garlic Mashed Potatoes are the creamiest most heavenly mashed potatoes ever.

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Ingredients

• ▢ 2 whole garlic bulbs dividing them into garlic cloves (leave unpeeled)
• ▢ 4 oz 120g of unsalted butter
• ▢ 3 lbs 1.3 kg baking potatoes
• ▢ 125 mls milk
• ▢ Salt and pepper

Instructions

 

• Put the garlic cloves in a small pan and pour on boiling water just to cover them.
• Boil for two minutes then remove from heat and drain.
• Peel the garlic cloves as they cool.
• Melt about half the butter in a heavy-bottomed pan and add the blanched garlic cloves.
• Cook until golden over low heat – about 15 minutes.
• Now put the garlic into a blender with the buttery sauce and blend to a nice purée.
• Spoon this into a bowl and cover. Put aside until your potatoes are ready.
• Wash and peel your potatoes and cut them into small pieces.
• Pour cold water over the potatoes, just enough to cover them, and salt to your liking.
• Cook over medium heat until the potatoes are cooked.
• Drain your potatoes and mash them with a potato masher or a fork in the pan.
• Return the potatoes to the pan to heat them for about 2 minutes to help dry them out.
• Remove from heat and beat with a wooden spoon.
• Heat the milk over medium heat until very hot then beat it into the mashed potatoes and add the garlic puree. Beat well.
• Taste your garlic mashed potatoes and season with a little more salt and pepper to your liking.
• Serve & Toujour Bon Appetit ~ Enjoy your food always!

Notes

Don’t be alarmed at the amount of garlic in this recipe as it is very different when it is cooked. The garlic gives a much sweeter and more subtle flavour once cooked which gives your mashed potato the flavour of France!

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