This Mashed Potato Recipe Breaks All the Rules for a Savory Twist on the Holiday Dish

A holiday meal without mashed potatoes is like Santa without a beard. It’s obvious that something is missing.

“Potatoes, in general, are a beloved vegetable. When they’re on the holiday table, they pair so well with all the other dishes,” Dan Souza, content manager for The American test kitchensaid Morning edition. “Let’s say you have a roast or a turkey with mashed potatoes. It just brings everything together. Add a little gravy to that and I mean, come on, you’re singing at that point!”

But mashed potatoes can be tricky to make. It’s easy to make them too dry or a little too runny. To offer a little culinary help for the holidays, Souza showed Morning editionIt’s a Martinez and quick and easy mashed potatoes recipe This breaks some sacred rules of cooking.

And the cooking tips Souza shared will help you make the perfect mashed potato dish.

Know the best potatoes to mash

“We love Yukon Golds or Russet potatoes for this recipe. Yukon Golds are a little earthier and sweeter. Russets are the classic mashed potato. They have a drier texture. Both are great .I like Yukon Golds because they have a nice buttery flavor to them.”

Don’t be afraid to crush the rules

“With mashed potatoes, there’s a cardinal rule, which is you take chunks of potato, you put them in cold water, and then you bring that to a boil. It’s teachable in culinary schools this is taught to children when they learn how to make mashed potatoes. We’re going to break this rule. This recipe starts with boiling water and thinly sliced ​​potatoes. about 12 minutes (to cook the potatoes thoroughly.) Now, 12 minutes to cook mashed potatoes, that’s a flash fast. If you had pieces in cold water and you reheated them, you know, it. It will probably take you an average of 40 minutes to get there. So that’s the real beauty of this technique.

Use the right tool for the job

“We use three different tools to make mashed potatoes. One is a traditional potato masher, so it has a handle. At the base is a perforated plate. Then you have a masher -mash. A potato masher and it looks a bit like a lemon squeezer or a citrus juicer. The holes in a potato masher are smaller than those in a potato masher. – puree can therefore create a really texture smooth. a food grinder. This is a way to make a really smooth mash. This is going to make a very fine mash. So you can choose your own adventure. something a little finer with a potato masher or do you want something incredibly smooth with the food mill?

Souza said a traditional potato masher is the easiest to use. A food mill requires the most work but is still quite simple. But whatever tool you choose, the satisfaction of mashed potatoes just the way you like them is the perfect holiday gift for you and your loved ones.

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