Quick Midweek Mashed Potatoes 🥔

Name: Quick Midweek Mashed Potatoes 🥔
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: White potatoes suitable for mashing (Fluffy not waxy); Good quality olive oil; White pepper; Salt

Sonia @sonia

Bristol, UK

A simple classic loved by all the family. Mine is a dairy free version using olive oil rather than butter. The children love this with baked beans, sausages, casseroles ... anything really! Filling and comforting, and definitely suitable for the #everydaykitchen (by which I mean a recipe quick and easy enough to make after a busy day at work with hungry mouths to feed). You can also make this in advance and freeze it 👍🏻

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Ingredients

White potatoes suitable for mashing (Fluffy not waxy)
Good quality olive oil
White pepper
Salt

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Steps

1

Peel the potatoes and cut into chunks. The smaller the chunks the quicker it cooks, although I think larger chunks often give a better end texture).
2

Submerge the potatoes in boiling water, add a pinch of salt and boil gently for 30 minutes or until a knife slides cleanly through them. I set a timer so I don’t forget about them!
3

Drain the potatoes into a sieve then sit the sieve of potatoes on top of the hot saucepan to allow the heat and steam to dry them.
4

When dry, put them back into the saucepan and add a glug of olive oil. How much you use depends on how much you’ve made, I used about a tbsp here.
5

Use a potato masher to mash the potatoes. Keep going until you have all the lumps out as best as possible. Now season here with a pinch of salt and pepper, tasting to make sure it’s got enough.
6

You can serve with a drizzle more of the oil if it’s a nice quality one.

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Sonia @sonia

on September 16, 2020 14:06

Bristol, UK

I'm a busy, working mum of two young children and I love to cook! I particularly love cooking with fresh, natural produce. My recipes are usually simple and healthy; using minimal ingredients and minimal time!You can also follow me on Instagram here - https://www.instagram.com/sonianicholas_cookpaduk/