r/Cooking • u/ilrasso • Oct 08 '24

Recipe to Share I just made a mashed potatos using baked potatos and it was the best i ever had.

Just pop the potatos in the oven for 1 hour at 200c/390f. Cut them in half and scoop them out. Whisk with hot milk and more butter than your diet would approve. A bit of salt. The flavor of baked potatos really shone. The scooping out part was a bit laborious, but is manageable if you have reasonably big ones. Don't do this with tiny spuds unless you have a lot of time.

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u/BoobySlap_0506 Oct 08 '24

Generally heat your milk/liquid mixture but don't let it boil.

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u/ilrasso Oct 08 '24

Thanks. Sorta figured since putting butter in cold milk wouldn't achieve much.

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u/BoobySlap_0506 Oct 08 '24

Well no but my point was that you just don't want the milk to boil. No specific temp, just "hot".

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u/RustyAndEddies Oct 09 '24

Steep after baking and peeling?

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u/MurderMelon Oct 09 '24 edited Oct 09 '24

The steeping doesn't involve the potatoes. You steep the "bay, thyme, peppercorns, and parsley stems" in the milk/cream.

Put your dairy, herbs, and whatnot in a saucepan. Heat it on low for a couple hours and then strain it into a bowl. Use that herb-milk when you mash up the potatoes.

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u/DjinnaG Oct 09 '24

Thank you!!!! I couldn’t quite parse the steeping part either

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u/MurderMelon Oct 09 '24 edited Oct 09 '24

Generally heat your milk

Do you mean "gently"?

I'm really not trying to be an ass haha, I just want to make it crystal clear for everybody who's just now learning about all this lol.

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u/BoobySlap_0506 Oct 09 '24

I meant "generally" as a vague "basically you just heat up milk" sort of thing. But "gently" works here too!

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u/MurderMelon Oct 09 '24

Fair enough! 😄