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    Best Garlic Mashed Potatoes

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    These are the the Best Garlic Mashed Potatoes ever. Easy, creamy, garlicky, buttery, perfectly seasoned, and impossible to resist eating the whole lot as a meal. This homemade mashed potato is simple to make, smooth and totally mouthwatering!

    Garlic Mashed Potatoes in a bowl with Parsley Garlic Butter on top

    Best Garlic Mashed Potatoes

    This Mash Potato goes well with EVERYTHING. Including roasts, festive dinners, so many chicken recipes, steak, meatballs and many weekday meals.

    These garlic mash potatoes are often devoured as fast as the mains!

    What goes in Garlic Mashed Potatoes

    With only a few main ingredients, I hope you guys will love this delicious garlicky creamy luxurious mash.

    You don’t need to fuss with extra ingredients here!

    Here is what you need:

    Potatoes - Floury Potatoes help to achieve a fluffy, creamy mash without having to worry about potato ricers etc. These are the best ones to use:

    In the UK - Maris Piper or King Edwards.

    In America - Yukon golds or Russet potatoes.

    In Australia - Sabego, Dutch Creams, Creme Gold or Creme Royale.

    Salted Water for boiling — Potatoes can really handle salt and not adding salt to water, yields bland tasting potatoes.

    Softened Unsalted Butter — using unsalted butter means you can add salt liberally at the end and have full control of how salty your mash comes out.

    Garlic — Both slow cooked till caramalised and crushed into the butter.

    Dry Parsley - For a hint of colour and flavour, This can be skipped.

    Milk and Cream— For luxurious creamy Mash.

    How to make them

    Full instructions are at the bottom of the page:

    Slow roast Garlic by adding a whole bulb with the top sliced off to some foil, drizzling with olive oil and encasing withing the foil. Bake for 45 minutes in low heat.

    Roast Garlic in foil

    Bring salted water to a boil and boil potatoes for 15 minutes.

    Potatoes in salted water in pot

    Drain, leave for a couple of minutes and add back to pan.

    Potatoes after draining in pot

    Squeeze out garlic cloves and blend with milk and cream.

    Garlic and Cream in blender

    Meanwhile make a garlic butter by adding garlic cloves, cry parsley and seasoning to butter and mixing together in a bowl.

    Garlic, Butter and Parsley being combined in pan

    Mash Potatoes using a potato masher.

    Pass through a sieve twice. This helps to get the mash really smooth.

    Potatoes being mashed with potato masher in pot

    Stir in milk mixture.

    Milk being poured into mashed potatoes in pot

     

    Pour over Butter.

    Garlic Mash with Garlic Parsley Butter on top

    Other flavourings you can add to Mashed Potato

    Sour Cream or Cream Cheese – adds a sour tang and creaminess to the mash.

    Onions – finely chop or slice Spring Onions, Red Onions or Chives and scatter over the top. You can also add fried Onions.

    Fresh Herbs - such as Thyme, Parsley or Rosemary.

    Cheese - Add a sprinkling of Parmesan or Mature Cheddar.

    What to serve with Garlic Mashed Potato

    Mash goes well with everything.

    It is delicious served with Roast Chicken, Roast Lamb, Steak, Meatballs, Chicken Breast/Thighs.

    Here are some suggestions of what to serve with:

    Preserved Lemon, Cumin and Thyme Roast Chicken

    Buttermilk Roast Chicken

    One tray Herb and Citrus Chicken with Potatoes

    Indian Spiced Chicken Salad

    Top tips for the BEST Garlic Mashed Potatoes

    Cut potatoes into the equal sized pieces to ensure they all cook evenly.

    Boil potatoes in salted water until fork-tender. It is easy to take this too far and end up with crumbling potatoes in water.

    Drain potatoes well and let them air dry a little.

    Mash the potatoes with a potato masher until smooth. You may need to add a little extra milk.

    Pass the Potatoes through a sieve at least once but twice works better. This will give you a really smooth mash.

    2 Excellent Additions

    This recipe tastes sublime with a scattering of Lemon Zest and Parmesan.

    More Sides:

    Roasted Potatoes and Carrots

    Garlic Parmesan Potatoes

    Crunchy Roast Potatoes

    Creamed Sweetcorn

    Roast Cauliflower Salad with Zingy dressing

    Creamy Mac and Cheese

    **if you make this recipe, please rate/comment below. we love to hear from you and seeing your creations makes our day – safira

    Garlic Mashed Potatoes in a bowl with Parsley Garlic Butter on top
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    Best Garlic Mashed Potatoes

    These are the the Best Garlic Mashed Potatoes ever. Easy, creamy, garlicky, buttery, perfectly seasoned, and impossible to resist eating the whole lot as a meal, this homemade mashed potato was is simple to make, smooth and totally mouthwatering!

    Course Sides
    Cuisine American, british
    Keyword Garlic Mash, Mash, Mashed potatoes
    Prep Time 20 minutes
    Cook Time 1 hour
    Total Time 1 hour 20 minutes
    Servings 6
    Calories 313 kcal
    Author Safira

    Ingredients

    • 1 Bulb Garlic
    • 1 tbsp Olive Oil
    • 1.2 kg Potatoes
    • Salt
    • 250 ml Milk
    • 100 ml Double Cream

    Garlic Butter

    • 2 cloves Garlic
    • 45 g Unsalted Butter
    • 1 tbsp Dry Parsley
    • Salt and Pepper

    Instructions

    1. Preheat the oven to 180c/Gas Mark 4.

    2. Slice the top off a Garlic Bulb, drizzle over oil and then wrap up.

    3. Bake in the Oven on a tray for 45 minutes until soft and tender and caramalised.

    4. Bring a large pot of salted water to the boil.

    5. Cook for 12 - 15 minutes.

    6. Drain and leave for a couple of minutes. Then add back to pot.

    7. Remove Garlic from Bulbs by squeezing into a Blender. Add Milk and Cream and blend till smooth.

    8. Make the Garlic Butter by adding Butter, Garlic, Parsley and Seasoning to a pan and melting over medium heat.

    9. Mash Potatoes till smooth.Pass through a sieve twice. This helps to get the mash really smooth. This takes around 7 minutes.

    10. Then stir in milk mixture and mash again. Check seasoning. Pour over Garlic Butter.

    Recipe Notes

    Top tips for the BEST Garlic Mashed Potatoes

    Cut potatoes into the equal sized pieces to ensure they all cook evenly.

    Boil potatoes in salted water until fork-tender. It is easy to take this too far and end up with crumbling potatoes in water.

    Drain potatoes well and let them air dry a little.

    Mash the potatoes with a potato masher until smooth. Then pass them through a sieve twice.  You will need a large ladle or spoon to push them through. This makes a really smooth mash.

    Other flavourings you can add to Mashed Potato

    Sour Cream or Cream Cheese – adds a sour tang and creaminess to the mash.

    Onions – finely chop or slice Spring Onions, Red Onions or Chives and scatter over the top. You can also add fried Onions.

    Fresh Herbs - such as Thyme, Parsley or Rosemary.

    Cheese - Add a sprinkling of Parmesan or Mature Cheddar.

    Best Potatoes to use

    Potatoes - Floury Potatoes help to achieve a fluffy, creamy mash without having to worry about potato ricers etc. These are the best ones to use:

    In the UK - Maris Piper or King Edwards.

    In America - Yukon golds or Russet potatoes.

    In Australia - Sabego, Dutch Creams, Creme Gold or Creme Royale.

    2 Excellent Additions

    This recipe tastes sublime with a scattering of Lemon Zest and Parmesan.

    Nutrition Facts
    Best Garlic Mashed Potatoes
    Amount Per Serving
    Calories 313 Calories from Fat 144
    % Daily Value*
    Fat 16g25%
    Saturated Fat 9g56%
    Trans Fat 1g
    Polyunsaturated Fat 1g
    Monounsaturated Fat 5g
    Cholesterol 43mg14%
    Sodium 90mg4%
    Potassium 916mg26%
    Carbohydrates 38g13%
    Fiber 4g17%
    Sugar 4g4%
    Protein 6g12%
    Vitamin A 504IU10%
    Vitamin C 40mg48%
    Calcium 86mg9%
    Iron 2mg11%
    * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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