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ROASTED GARLIC MASHED POTATOES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
• Slice off the very top of the garlic head. Drizzle head with olive oil and wrap in foil. Place on a sheet tray and bake until tender and fragrant, roughly 35 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool. Remove the cloves and mash with a wooden spoon.
• Place potatoes in a large stockpot and cover with cold water. Add salt and bring to a boil. Cook until fork tender and drain. Mash the potatoes until smooth.
• Meanwhile heat butter and cream until butter melts. Add the roasted garlic and potatoes and mash all together.
• Taste and season with salt and pepper. Serve immediately.

ROASTED GARLIC MASHED POTATOES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Dice the potatoes and boil in a pot of water until fork tender, 25 to 30 minutes. Drain and return to the pan over low heat. Mash the potatoes for 5 minutes to allow a lot of the steam to escape.
• Add the butter, cream cheese, half-and-half, cream, some salt, pepper and roasted garlic. Stir/mash to combine. Test and adjust the seasonings.
• Spread the potatoes into a large buttered baking dish. Dot the top with butter. Bake until heated through, about 30 minutes.

COOKING LIGHT'S ROASTED-GARLIC MASHED POTATOES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°.
• Remove white papery skin from garlic head (do not peel or separate cloves). Rub oil over garlic head; wrap in foil. Bake at 375° for 1 hour; cool 10 minutes. Separate cloves; squeeze to extract garlic pulp. Set aside. Discard skins.
• Place potatoes in a saucepan, and cover with water. Bring to a boil; cook 15 minutes or until very tender. Drain. Heat milk in pan over medium heat until hot (do not boil). Add potatoes, salt, and pepper, and beat at medium speed of a mixer until potato mixture is smooth. Add garlic pulp, and stir well.
• Variations - Mashed Potatoes With Sage: Omit garlic; add 2 tablespoons minced fresh sage to milk, salt, and pepper. Chive-and-Goat Cheese Potatoes: Omit garlic; add 3 tablespoons minced chives and 1/2 cup (2 ounces) crumbled goat cheese to milk, salt, and pepper.

ROASTED-GARLIC MASHED POTATOES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
• Expose the cloves of garlic head by slicing off the top 1/2 inch.
• Place them in a small baking dish, and drizzle with olive oil.
• Cover tightly with aluminum foil and bake about 55 minutes, or until very tender when pierced with a small knife.
• Remove from oven, uncover, and allow to cool.
• Break apart the garlic heads.
• Squeeze each garlic clove into a small bowl and mash with a fork until almost smooth. You should end up with about 1/3 cup. Reserve any olive oil remaining in the baking dish.
• Pour 1-inch of water into a large pot and bring to a boil.
• Place the potatoes into a collapsible steamer basket and set the basket over the boiling water. (Do not allow the water to touch the bottom of the steamer basket). Cover and steam about 15 minutes, or until the potatoes are tender when pierced with a small knife. Transfer potatoes to a bowl.
• Empty the pot and wipe dry.
• Return the potatoes to the warm pot.
• Add the butter and 4 tablespoons of the roasted garlic and mash well with a potato masher.
• Add the 6 tablespoons milk, 1 teaspoon kosher salt, and 1/2 teaspoon pepper.
• Continue to mash, adding more milk, 1 tablespoon at a time, in order to reach the desired consistency.
• Taste and add more of the roasted garlic, if desired.
• Serve at once, drizzled with the reserved garlic oil.

ROASTED GARLIC MASHED POTATOES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Drizzle garlic with olive oil, then wrap in aluminum foil. Bake in preheated oven for 1 hour.
• Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add potatoes, and cook until tender, about 15 minutes. Drain, cool and chop. Stir in butter, milk, salt and pepper.
• Remove the garlic from the oven, and cut in half. Squeeze the softened cloves into the potatoes. Blend potatoes with an electric mixer until desired consistency is achieved.

ROASTED GARLIC MASHED POTATOES

Steps:

• The night before, cube the potatoes, and put them in a large saucepan with salted cold water and place in the refrigerator overnight.
• Roast the garlic: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F, peel the outermost layers of skin off the heads of garlic; cut off the top 1/3 of the heads to open the cloves and heat olive oil in a large oven-safe saute pan over medium heat; Add garlic, and saute for about 10 minutes; Season with salt and pepper and transfer pan to the oven to roast for 15 minutes; Remove from heat and let cool.
• For the garlic paste: Pop garlic cloves from their skins and place cloves in a blender, along with any olive oil left in the pan; Puree until smooth; you should have a paste-like consistency.
• For the potatoes: The next day, add some more salt and then bring to a boil over high heat.
• Cook until tender, about 10 minutes.
• Drain well, place potato cubes in a food mill, and grind to remove skins.
• Alternatively, smash the potatoes with a large fork or potato masher.
• Heat 1 tablespoon of the butter in a large saucepan over medium heat until the butter stops foaming and turns a light brown.
• Add the garlic paste and cook quickly.
• Add the cream, season, to taste, with salt and pepper, and bring to a boil.
• Reduce the heat to low and fold in potatoes with a wooded spoon or large whisk.
• Add the remaining butter by tablespoons, until taste suits you, stirring after each addition.
• Season with salt and pepper, to taste, and serve.

ROASTED GARLIC MASHED POTATOES - THE BEST YOU'VE EVER HAD

Steps:

• Separate head of garlic into individual cloves.
• Toss in olive oil and wrap tightly in small piece of aluminum foil.
• Bake in 350°F (180°C) oven for 45 minutes.
• When the garlic has cooled to the touch you should be able to squeeze it out of the 'paper' shell of the individual cloves.
• Mash the roasted garlic with a fork, or force through a fine strainer.
• If you use a ricer as recommended below, simply rice the garlic along with the potatoes.
• Peel and boil potatoes in salted water until tender.
• Force the cooked potatoes through a ricer (recommended) or mash by your usual method.
• Put the riced potatoes, garlic, sour cream, butter, and salt and white pepper in a mixer bowl, and whip at medium speed until smooth.
• Add cream or milk to adjust consistency.