I do apologize, but due to the holiday frenzy, I didn’t get a chance to take pictures. This recipe was actually performed by my hubby. He wanted to bring something to one of the holiday dinners and I suggested him to give this recipe a try:
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/creamy-garlic-mashed-potatoes-recipe.html
Total Time: 50 min
Prep: 20 min
Cook: 30 min
Ingredients
3 1/2 pounds russet potatoes
2 tablespoons kosher salt
16 fluid ounces (2 cups) half-and-half
6 cloves garlic, crushed
6 ounces grated Parmesan
Directions
Peel and dice potatoes, making sure all are relatively the same size. Place in a large saucepan, add the salt, and cover with water. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat and then reduce heat to maintain a rolling boil. Cook until potatoes fall apart when poked with a fork.
Heat the half-and-half and the garlic in a medium saucepan over medium heat until simmering. Remove from heat and set aside. Remove the potatoes from the heat and drain off the water. Mash and add the garlic-cream mixture and Parmesan; stir to combine. Let stand for 5 minutes so that mixture thickens and then serve.
Recipe courtesy Alton Brown, 2004
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When my hubby when to get the ingredients, he claims that T&T Supermarket didn’t have the Russet Potatoes, so we just used the regular large brown potatoes that you can find at any grocery stores. We also omitted the Parmesan as he doesn’t like cheese.
Easy to make?
If my hubby can make this and not find it hard, this is definitely an easy to make recipe. Even though he didn’t follow the recipe to the ‘T’, everything still turned out creamy and delicious! After he combined the garlic mixture to the mashed potatoes, his words were “that’s where the creamy comes from”. When he was a bachelor, his idea of mashed potatoes was, potatoes mashed with some butter.
How’d they turn out?
They were super yummy. Creamy, but not super mushy like boxed mash potatoes. We love garlic, so for us this was heavenly and perfect. Although we omitted the parmesan, the texture was still right.
Timing?
The prep and cook times are pretty accurate, I believe it only took us about 45 mins total.
Overall?
This recipe was super easy to make, great flavours if you like garlic, creamy as the name says, and if my hubby can make it right, I’d say it’s fool proof.
Alton Brown’s Creamy Garlic Mashed Potatoes, you’re YOL Approved!
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