How to Make Garlic Mashed Potatoes

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Make Garlic Mashed Potatoes Make Garlic Mashed Potatoes

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Roasting the garlic gives these potatoes a warm, homey flavor. Serves 6.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderate

Things You’ll Need:

  • Aluminum Foil
  • Groceries
  • Chef's Knives
  • Measuring Cups
  • Measuring Spoons
  • Mixing Bowls
  • Potato Mashers
  • Potato Ricers
  • Small Baking Dishes
  • Small Saucepans
  • Stockpots
  • Wire Whisks
  • 1 large head garlic
  • salt
  • bay leaf
  • 1/2 tbsp. olive (not virgin) oil
  • 2 thinly sliced garlic cloves
  • 6 tbsp. milk
  • 1 sprig fresh thyme
  • 2 chopped scallions
  • 3 tbsp. unsalted butter
  • 2 lbs. baking potatoes
  • 1 small stalk celery
  • pepper

Step1
Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
Step2
Cut the top third off one large head of garlic.
Step3
Put the head of garlic in a baking dish and add enough water to come 1/3 of the way up the side of the head.
Step4
Drizzle 1/2 tbsp. of olive oil over the head.
Step5
Put 1 sprig of fresh thyme on top of the head, cover the pan with aluminum foil, and bake about 1 hour, or until garlic is soft and tender.
Step6
Squeeze the garlic out of each of the cloves into a small bowl and set aside.
Step7
Put the potatoes in a stock pot and add enough water to cover by 1 inch.
Step8
Add 1/4 tsp. salt for each quart of water. Add the garlic (the two thinly sliced cloves, not the roasted garlic), the scallions, the celery and the bay leaf.
Step9
Bring water to a boil over high heat and cook the potatoes until tender when pierced with a knife tip, about 20 minutes.
Step10
Drain the potatoes well and remove large pieces of vegetables and herbs.
Step11
Put the potatoes back in the pot they were cooked in and shake over medium heat until the potatoes chunks are mealy and dry. Cover and set aside.
Step12
Put milk and butter in a small pan and heat over low heat until warm.
Step13
Pass the potatoes quickly through a potato ricer while you wait for the milk and butter to warm.
Step14
Pour warmed milk and butter over the potatoes and whip in with a whisk.
Step15
Stir in roasted garlic and whip another 30 seconds until fluffy.
Step16
Salt and pepper potatoes to taste and serve immediately with softened butter.

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on 11/22/2005 The easiest way to roast garlic is to buy peeled garlic cloves, place a handful on a sheet of aluminum foil, drizzle them with olive oil (to prevent them from sticking to the foil, make sure that all surfaces of the cloves are coated), and fold the foil to make a little packet. Put the packet onto a baking sheet, and roast it for 45 minutes at 350 degrees.

This really works! It's a lot easier, and less messy than squeezing a hot head of garlic!

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on 11/22/2005 I love my whisk, but things sure go quicker with an electric mixer. It makes double batches in half the time!

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