Blue Cheese Mashed Potatoes With Rosemary Food

BLUE CHEESE ROSEMARY MASHED POTATOES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Add potatoes to a large stockpot with hot water. Add the bay leaves and 1 teaspoon of salt.
• Bring to a boil, then lower to simmer and allow to cook until the potatoes are very tender, approximately 20-30 minutes.
• Meanwhile, heat the half and half with 7 tablespoons of butter, 1 teaspoon rosemary, salt, and pepper.
• Once potatoes are tender, drain the water and discard the bay leaves. Press the potatoes through a potato ricer (I use the OXO Good Grips Potato Ricer) and into a large bowl.
• Add the half and half mixture and 5 ounces of the gorgonzola. Stir to combine.
• Taste for seasonings and add additional rosemary, salt, or pepper, if desired. If you prefer thinner mashed potatoes, you may at this time add the milk.
• After mixing all of the seasonings, transfer the potatoes to an oven-safe dish. Sprinkle the top with the remaining 1 ounce of gorgonzola and drizzle with the remaining 1 tablespoon of butter.
• Bake covered with foil in a 350 degree F oven until heated through. Serve.

BLUE CHEESE MASHED POTATOES WITH ROSEMARY

Steps:

• Cook the potatoes in a large pot of boiling salted water until they're tender, which will take about 15 minutes. Drain them and return them to the pot.
• In a small saucepan, heat milk and garlic until hot (don't let it boil).
• Add 1/2 milk, blue cheese, and garlic to the potatoes and mash until potatoes are almost smooth. Let stand for 5 minutes to thicken.
• Stir in rosemary and season with salt and pepper.

BLUE CHEESE MASHED POTATOES

Steps:

• Place potatoes in a large stockpot and cover with cold water. Add salt and bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce to medium and cook until fork tender. Drain well. Add back to the pot that they were cooked in.
• Meanwhile, heat butter and cream until hot. Add the crumbled blue cheese and stir together. Add sauce to potatoes and mash until smooth. Season with salt and pepper.

TWICE BAKED ROSEMARY BLUE POTATO MASH

Steps:

• Butter a 6 to 8 cup shallow baking dish.
• In a small saucepan, heat the butter, garlic, rosemary and pepper, to taste, until the butter is melted. Allow it to sit over very low heat to infuse flavors and keep hot while cooking the potatoes.
• In a large pot, add the potatoes, cover with water and add a heavy pinch of salt. Bring to a boil over medium heat, then reduce the heat and simmer the potatoes until fork tender, about 15 minutes. Immediately drain the potatoes and then put them back into hot pot over very low heat, to dry thoroughly. Next, pass them through a food mill over a bowl. If you don't have a food mill, you can hand mash or use a ricer.
• Preheat the oven broiler.
• Remove the smashed garlic from warm butter and whisk in about 1 cup of the blue cheese. By hand, mix the cheese sauce into the potatoes and season with a little salt and pepper, to taste. Spread into the prepared baking dish and top with remaining cheese. Broil until the cheese is golden and melting, about 3 minutes. Remove the potatoes from the oven and serve.

CROCK POT GARLIC BLUE CHEESE MASHED POTATOES

Steps:

• Peel and mince the garlic, chop the onion slices fine. Place into a saute pan along with the butter.
• Saute over medium heat until the mixture is softened.
• While the onion and garlic are cooking, dice the potatoes.
• Place the potatoes into the crock pot along with the water.
• Put the softened garlic/onion mixture over the potatoes in the crock pot. Stir once.
• Cook on low for 8 hours, or high for 4 hours.
• Add the milk and mash the potatoes in the crock pot.
• As a final step, mix in the blue cheese and chives.
• Enjoy!

TWICE-BAKED POTATOES WITH BLUE CHEESE AND ROSEMARY

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F
• Pierce potatoes with toothpick or fork.
• Place on oven rack; bake until cooked through, about 1 hour 15 minutes (or microwave on high until tender, turning once, 10 to 15 minutes).
• Transfer to baking sheet; cool 5 minutes.
• Cut off top third of each potato.
• Scoop flesh from bottoms into bowl, leaving 1/4-inch-thick shell.
• Scoop flesh from tops; add to bowl. Discard tops.
• Add 1/4 cup sour cream, 1/4 cup blue cheese, butter, garlic and rosemary to potato flesh; mash.
• Season with salt and pepper.
• Transfer mixture to pastry bag fitted with large star tip; pipe mixture into potato shells, dividing equally. (Can be prepared 2 days ahead. Cover and chill.).
• Preheat oven to 400°F
• Bake potatoes on baking sheet until heated through and beginning to brown, about 25 minutes.
• Spoon 1 tablespoon sour cream atop each potato.
• Sprinkle 1 teaspoon blue cheese over each potato and serve.
• Variation:.
• For a tangy, mellow flavor, try soft fresh goat cheese in place of the blue cheese.
• Do-Ahead:.
• Note that these potatoes keep for two days in the refrigerator.

ROSEMARY , ROASTED GARLIC, CHEESE, MASHED POTATOES

Steps:

• Place garlic in small ovenproof bowl, and drizzle with olive oil.
• Roast for 30 minutes, or until very soft.
• Cool and peel the garlic, and reserve the oil.
• Boil potatoes and rosemary in a large pot of salted water until tender, about 20 minutes.
• Drain, reserving 1 cup liquid.
• Discard the cooked rosmary.
• Place potatoes in a large bowl with milk, butter, garlic, and reserved olive oil.
• Mash to desired consistency, adding reserved cooking liquid as needed.
• Mix in 1/2 cup cheese.
• Season with minced fresh rosemary, salt and pepper all to taste.
• Garnish with fresh rosemary.

GARLIC, BLUE CHEESE MASHED POTATOES

Steps:

• In a large pan heat oil over medium high heat. Add onions, and garlic stirring all the while cooking about 4 minutes.
• Deglaze the pan with vermouth.
• Add salt, pepper flakes, herbs, and nutmeg.
• Add milk and 1/2 pound blue cheese cook till melted.
• Add potatoes and mix together.
• Toss in crumbled blue cheese for texture.
• Season with additional salt and pepper to taste.

BLUE CHEESE & ROSEMARY SCALLOPED POTATOES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Butter 9x13 baking dish.
• Toss sliced potatoes with 2 tsp salt, pepper and rosemary.
• Toss cheeses together.
• (Feel free to use more than 3/4 cup of each- I do!) Layer half the potatoes in the dish and sprinkle with half the cheese then top with remaining potatoes.
• Whisk together sour cream, cream and 1 tsp salt.
• Pour cream mixture over potatoes.
• Tap dish on counter to settle ingredients and pop any air bubbles.
• Top with remaining cheese.
• Bake for one hour and fifteen minutes or until browned and tender.
• Note: This dish should be prepared and baked the same day.
• Do not refrigerate overnight.
• Trust me.