How to Make Perfect Mashed Potatoes
Mashed Potatoes
I found this yummy recipe on RecipeZaar.Com (my favorite cooking & recipe site) - it was posted by TSmith70 and gets excellent reviews. I usually tend to adjust recipes, but not this one, it’s perfect exactly how it is.
Ingredients:
8-10 medium Idaho russet potatoes
1/4 cup milk
2 tablespoons sour cream
1/2 cup blue bonnet margarine
salt
pepper
parsley flakes, to top
Directions
1. Peel, cut up and boil potatoes until tender.
2. Drain water and put potatoes in a mixing bowl.
3. Add margarine, sour cream and milk.
4. Use an electric mixer and mix until desired consistency.
5. The KEY here is to add salt and pepper to taste.
6. You might add anywhere from a teaspoon to several tablespoons of salt, just depending on how much you like salt.
7. Pepper is the same way, although use it more sparingly.
8. Just remember to add a little at a time, until you get it where you like it.
9. Once that is done, I usually put a couple of pats of margarine on top of the finished potatoes to let it melt.
10. Then sprinkle parsley over it.
This will make the best mashed potatoes I’ve ever found anywhere.
