Buttermilk Blue Cheese Smashed Potatoes Food

BUTTERMILK-BACON SMASHED POTATOES

Steps:

• Add the potatoes to a pot and cover with water. Season with salt and bring to a boil. Once at a boil, cook until a fork can easily pierce through the potatoes, 10 to 15 minutes. Drain and add to a bowl.
• Place the bacon in a cast-iron pan over medium heat. Allow the bacon to render and crisp, about 5 minutes. Reserve the fat.
• Put the buttermilk and heavy cream into a saucepan and scald. Reserve until needed.
• Smash the potatoes just a little bit, and then season with salt and pepper. Add the butter, a touch of the heated buttermilk/heavy cream, the scallions and 1 tablespoon bacon fat and smash. Taste and re-season if needed, adding more buttermilk/heavy cream if desired. Fold in the rendered bacon, reserving some for garnish. Garnish with the reserved bacon and scallions.

BUTTERMILK MASHED POTATOES

Steps:

• In a large pot, bring 2 quarts of water and 1 tablespoon of salt to a boil. Meanwhile, peel the potatoes and cut them into 1 1/2-inch cubes. Add them to the boiling water and bring the water back to a boil. Lower the heat and simmer uncovered for 10 to 15 minutes, until the potatoes fall apart easily when pierced with a fork.
• Meanwhile, heat the milk and butter in a small saucepan, making sure it doesn't boil. Set aside until the potatoes are done.
• As soon as the potatoes are tender, drain them in a colander. Place a food mill fitted with a small disk/blade over a heatproof bowl. Pass the potatoes through the food mill, turning the handle back and forth. As soon as the potatoes are mashed, stir in the hot milk mixture with a whisk or rubber spatula. Add enough buttermilk to make the potatoes creamy. Add 1 teaspoon of salt and the pepper, and serve hot. To keep the potatoes warm, place the bowl over a pan of simmering water for up to 30 minutes. You can add a little extra hot milk to keep them creamy.

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.

BUTTERMILK BLUE CHEESE POTATOES AU GRATIN

Steps:

• Make sure to parboil the potatoes until soft-firm.
• Butter a 2-1/2-quart shallow casserole dish.
• Set oven to 350°F.
• Arrange half of the sliced par-boiled potatoes in the bottom of the prepared dish.
• For the buttermilk-blue cheese sauce: melt butter in a medium saucepan over low heat.
• Add in garlic and shallots; saute for 1 minute.
• Add/whisk in flour, whisk and stir for 3 minutes more.
• Pour in the half and half and room temperature buttermilk all at once; cook/whisk until sauce thicken and is bubbly.
• Remove from heat, and stir in pepper, mayonnaise, mustard, Worcestershire sauce, parsley and half of the blue cheese; mix well to combine.
• Layer all of the sliced mushrooms over the potatoes in the casserole dish; top with half of the cheese sauce, and distribute the grated jack cheese over the sauce.
• Layer remaining potatoes over the jack cheese and sauce.
• Spoon with remaining sauce on top.
• Sprinkle with remaining blue cheese.
• Bake for 45 minutes. Remove from oven and sprinkle the potato chips over top; return to oven for 10 minutes.
• Remove from oven and arrange the cooked broccoli around the edges of the casserole (if using) and garnish with pimento (if using); bake for 5 minutes longer.
• Absolutely delicious!

BLUE CHEESE POTATOES

Steps:

• Drizzle potatoes with oil, tossing to coat. Place potatoes evenly in a 13x9 inch baking dish.
• Bake at 450 for 25 minutes.
• Transfer potatoes to serving bowl. Toss with dressing and pepper. Sprinkle with blue cheese.
• Feta Cheese Potatoes: Substitute Ranch dressing for blue cheese, and crumble feta cheese instead of blue cheese.

BUTTERMILK SMASHED POTATOES

Steps:

• Place potatoes into a large pot and cover with salted water; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until tender, 15 to 20 minutes. Drain water from pot and mash potatoes with a potato masher or potato ricer.
• Heat buttermilk and butter together in a saucepan over medium-low heat until butter is melted and mixture is smooth, about 2 minutes. Stir buttermilk mixture and chives into potatoes until smooth; season with salt.