Garlic Mashed Potatoes with a nice chuckeye steak.
You don’t really need a recipe for garlic mashed potatoes, but last night’s rendition was the best I’ve had and I happen to have kept track of the proportions so I’m sharing it. Makes 4 servings.
Ingredients:
1 lb yellow or white potatoes (I avoid russets which are too crumbly)
2 T unsalted butter
½ c sour cream
2 t minced garlic
Salt for the cooking water, plus more salt (probably 1 t) for seasoning
Couple of grinds of black pepper
Method: peel the potatoes and cut bigger ones in half or quarters while keeping small ones (2 inches in diameter or less) whole. Boil in salted water until tender when pierced with a fork, but not falling apart. Drain. Mix with other ingredients, mash with a potato masher, adjust seasoning and serve with a nice chuckeye steak or similar.
P.S. My helpful SEO tool tells me I’ve listed a recipe for garlic mashed potatoes once before, as an accompaniment to Pork Chops with Vinegar Peppers. That recipe had buttermilk, this one sour cream.
