Mashed potatoes
You can make delicious, fluffy, creamy mashed potatoes quickly and easily at home with just a few natural ingredients using this recipe. It is ideal as a side dish for many vegetarian and vegan meals. You can serve it at a party as well as for an ordinary dinner.
Servings 4
Ingredients
- 1 kg floury potatoes
- 250 ml milk
- 80 g butter
- salt to taste
- 1 pinch of black pepper ground
- water for boiling potatoes
Instructions
- Peel potatoes, cut them into large pieces and place them in a large saucepan.
- Pour cold water over the potato pieces so that they are covered by about 1 - 2 cm and add 1 teaspoon of salt.
- Bring the water with the potatoes to the boil and simmer with the lid on for approx. 20 minutes until the potato pieces are very soft.
- Pour off the water from the potatoes and leave the potato pieces in the saucepan without the lid on the hot stove for approx. 10 minutes to evaporate.
- Pour milk into a small saucepan with a thick base, add butter cut into pieces and bring to the boil briefly while stirring.
- Mash the potatoes with a potato masher, adding black pepper and gradually pouring in the milk butter mixture as you mash to create a creamy mashed potatoes.
- Season the mashed potatoes with salt and black pepper if necessary and serve.
Notes
- Depending on how creamy you want the mashed potatoes to be, you can adjust the amount of butter and milk.
- The cooking time stated may vary depending on the size of your potato pieces. To check whether they are cooked, prick one of the potato pieces with a fork. If it is very soft and possibly falling apart, the potatoes are done.
- You can also season the potatoes with nutmeg.
- For a vegan version, replace cow's milk with a plant-based milk in the recipe and animal butter with a vegan butter alternative.
- Take note of the detailed tips and tricks for making the mashed potatoes at the top of the article.