Mashed Potatoes

Name: Mashed Potatoes
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: International
Ingredients: Ingredients:; 1 kg floury potatoes (Russet or Yukon Gold), peeled and cut up; 1½ tsp salt for the cooking water, plus water to cover; 80 g butter; 150 ml warm milk (or cream); Salt, white or black pepper and a little nutmeg

Recipe No.: W-15

International30 minServes 6

Mashed potatoes is a side dish of boiled potatoes mashed with milk, butter and salt. An early recipe appears in Hannah Glasse's The Art of Cookery, published in 1747.

Origin of the dish: Not precisely determined — A dish common worldwide that cannot be attributed precisely to one country

Ingredients for Mashed Potatoes

Ingredients
1 kgfloury potatoes (Russet or Yukon Gold), peeled and cut up
1½ tspsalt for the cooking water, plus water to cover
80 gbutter
150 mlwarm milk (or cream)
Salt, white or black pepper and a little nutmeg

Method

Put the potatoes in a pot, cover with cold salted water, bring to a boil and cook 15 to 20 minutes until completely tender.
Drain and return to the pot over low heat for 1 to 2 minutes to dry.
Mash with a masher or pass through a ricer, then stir in the butter until melted.
Add the warm milk gradually, stirring to the desired consistency, season with salt, pepper and nutmeg and serve hot.

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