Mashed potatoes with garlic
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Total time: 18 min • Prep: 10 min • Cook: 8 min • Serves: 8 • Difficulty: Easy
This seven-ingredient garlic mashed potato recipe takes less than 20 minutes to make and packs a punch of flavour, thanks to a heavy dose of fresh garlic and a handful of fresh chopped parsley. We boiled the garlic with the potatoes so the softened cloves would infuse a deep garlic flavour throughout the potatoes when they're mashed. Idaho potatoes have a fluffy, creamy, and soft texture and are perfect for mashing, but you can also use red potatoes—unpeeled for colour—or Yukon Golds—for a natural buttery flavour. Feel free to swap plain Greek yogurt for the sour cream, if you prefer.
Ingredients
Uncooked potato
4 large, Idaho variety, peeled and cut into 2-inch chunks
Garlic
8 clove(s), large, peeled
Light sour cream
1 cup(s)
1% low-fat buttermilk
½ cup(s)
Fresh parsley
¼ cup(s), fresh, chopped
Table salt
¾ tsp(s), or to taste
Black pepper
¼ tsp(s), or to taste
Instructions
1
Place the potatoes and garlic in a large saucepan; fill with enough water to cover them.
2
Set pan over high heat; bring to a boil. Boil until the potatoes are fork-tender, about 8 minutes; drain and return potatoes and garlic to pan. Add sour cream to pan; stir and then mash mixture until almost smooth (or desired consistency). Stir in buttermilk. Fold in parsley; season to taste with salt and pepper.
3
Yields about 3/4 cup per serving.
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