Mashed Potatoes

Name: Mashed Potatoes
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Unknown
Ingredients: starchy potatoes, about; 2¼ lb 1 kg; butter, 4 tablespoons 60 g; milk, half-and-half, or light cream, ¼ cup; milk, half-and-half, or light cream 60 ml; salt; pepper; nutmeg, optional

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Ingredients

ServingsServes 4Original: Serves 4

starchy potatoes, about; 2¼ lb1 kg
butter, 4 tablespoons60 g
milk, half-and-half, or light cream, ¼ cup; milk, half-and-half, or light cream60 ml
salt
pepper
nutmeg, optional

Method 8 steps

Peel the potatoes and dice them into pieces about 2–3 cm/1 inch thick.
Place the potatoes with about 1 tablespoon of salt into a pot and add about 1.5 liters/1½ quarts of water.
Boil the potatoes for about 15–20 minutes or until tender, then drain.
Either:
Put through a potato ricer, then stir in the butter and milk or cream; or
Add the butter and milk or cream, then mash with a potato masher.
Add salt, pepper and (if you like) nutmeg to taste.
Serve hot. Yields 4 servings.

Ingredients in this dish

Potato
Milk
Butter