1. Tips on how to prepare mouthwatering mashed
Mashed Potatoes potatoes
Mashed potatoes are one of those side dishes that
sound simple but this dish too often comes out
disappointing. Perhaps you are trying to recreate the
fluffy mashed potatoes your grandmother or mother
made and yours do not seem to be the same. How can
you make the best mashed potatoes? The answer is
that there is no one perfect recipe for mashed potatoes
because different people have different ideas about the
flavor and texture of this dish.
Perfect mash depends on various factors including the
variety of potato you are using, how they are cooked,
what you are using to mash them and the milk,
butter,cream, egg, herbs or other ingredients you are
going to add to them as you mash them.
Cooking the Potatoes
Whether you are making mashed potatoes, boiled potatoes or
another potato dish, always begin with the chopped potatoes in
cold salted water, not hot water. Only add enough water so the
potatoes are just covered.
Bring the water to a boil and keep cooking the potatoes until they
are tender. The exact timing depends on your stove, the variety of
potatoes you are cooking and the size of the potato chunks.
When the potatoes can be pierced easily with a knife, drain them
right away. You do not need to rinse them but you should drain
them and return them to the pan. Put the pan over a low heat so
the excess water can evaporate.
Mashing the Potatoes
You might like to use a wire masher, a potato ricer, an electric mixer, or a fork to mash your potatoes. It depends on
what you have available and what kind of results you want. A wire masher will allow you to make textured mash or
smooth mash, depending how much you work. A fork does the same but requires more work and more time. A potato
ricer makes the mash really smooth. It is a bit like a big garlic press.
If you want to make airy, fluffy mashed potatoes, an electric mixer is your best bet. Restaurants often use these to make
mashed potatoes because this machine whips air into the potatoes, giving them more volume.
Poultry breast farm, mashed potatoes of old bachelor
Ingredients:
Method:
4 poultry breasts farmer of approximately 180 G each one
300 G of button mushrooms Slice thinly shallots and the mushrooms, make just sweat them in a
2 shallots knob of butter and wet them with height. Let reduce lengthily. Cook
600 G of potatoes potatoes with the vapor, approximately 20 mn. Poêlez the poultry
20 milk Cl
breast, to give a side crusty and gilded to the skin, and stop cooking
70 G butter
1 pinch of nutmeg with the oven with 180 degrees, preheated during 15 to 20 mn. Pass
salt and pepper to Chinese the mushroom aroma and add a knob of butter there.