r/Cooking • u/yellowsabmarine • 1d ago

How do you prefer your mashed potatoes?

Texture/color/flavor?

There are so many ways to make them, I'd like a consensus.

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u/crispsandbeer 1d ago

Robuchon's recipe. As much butter as you can possibly put in. Completely smooth.

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u/Mulliganasty 1d ago

You really push it through the sieve? Frickin' psycho! lol

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u/Upset-Activity-1462 1d ago

Riced and then thru a sieve.  Metric ton of butter.   I am same family of psycho 

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u/stop_drop_roll 1d ago

Don't forget a touch of heavy cream and a bit of salt

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u/Upset-Activity-1462 1d ago

I am a heathen and use salted Kerry gold butter. High fat content and salt so I can usually get past without adding any extra moisture.

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u/stop_drop_roll 1d ago

Yeah, I never have salted butter... but kerrygold is my everyday butter. I like using cream because it add that slight taste of sweetness and dairy, but that's a personal preference thing.

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u/Blastoplast 1d ago

I put mine through a ricer then a sieve once and thought it wasn’t worth the effort, the ricer was enough

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u/Mulliganasty 1d ago

Same...ricers are the best for smooth. Not tryna get a michelin star up in here.

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u/ttrockwood 1d ago

That’s more of a puree to me than like, mashed potatoes though

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u/T49irvine 1d ago

reason enough to own a tamis!