Perfect Mashed Potatoes


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Ingredients

3 pounds baking potatoes whole with skin
3/4 cup milk - (to 1 cup)
6 tablespoons unsalted butter softened
to taste Salt
to taste Freshly-ground black pepper

Preparation

1
Place potatoes in a medium pot and cover with cold water. Bring to a boil, heat to a simmer. Add a generous pinch of salt and continue to simmer until potatoes are fork tender, about 20 minutes.
2
When potatoes are done, drain and return potatoes to pot to dry slightly. Run potatoes through food mill or potato ricer into pot.
3
Heat milk in saucepan. Add hot milk to potatoes, over heat, until smooth. Add butter and heat until finely textured and fluffy.

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This recipe yields 4 servings.

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Holiday
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Yield:

4.0 servings

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December 10, 2010

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