Mashed Potatoes With Caramelized Onion and Olive Oil
- Ready In:
- 55mins
- Ingredients:
- 4
- Serves:
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8
ingredients
- 6 large baking potatoes, peeled, cut crosswise into thirds (about 4 1/2 pounds)
- 1 garlic clove, minced very finely
- 1 large onion, peeled, cut in half crosswise, cut in thin slices
- 103.53 ml extra virgin olive oil, divided
directions
- Place potatoes in heavy large pot. Cover with cold water. Boil over medium-high heat until potatoes are tender when pierced with fork, about 40 minutes. Drain, reserving 1 1/2 cups potato cooking liquid. Return potatoes to dry pot. Stir over medium heat until any excess liquid evaporates. Add 4 tablespoons olive oil and mash until almost smooth. Mix in enough potato cooking liquid as needed to moisten. Stir in caramelized onions. Season to taste with salt and pepper. (Can be made 2 hours ahead. Let stand at room temperature. Rewarm over medium heat, adding more reserved cooking water as needed to moisten.).
- To caramelize onions: Add 3 tablespoons olive oil to a saucepan and add onions. Saute over medium-high heat until onions are starting to caramelize 10-12 minutes. Add the garlic for the last minute of cooking. If you like your onions darker, saute them slightly longer (or if you like them lighter, diminish the saute time).
- Note: A couple of tablespoonfuls of parmesan stirred into these potatoes is a lovely thing!
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Reviews
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This was the perfect solution for my thanksgiving dinner, which included a guest with a milk allergy. She was really pleased to be able to have the potatoes, which are often off-limits because of the milk, and the rest of the guests loved them too. The dish was easy to make ahead too... I just put everything in a 9 x 13 baking tray and stuck it in the fridge until the turkey came out of the oven. It reheated in about 20-25 minutes.
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I suffer from compulsive obsessive behaviour with regard to food and my psychiatrist thought it would be a good idea to find a 'society' where many have the same problem and try to find a cure.
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What did I do wrong?
Got 3 kids that keep me on the go - 10 and under at this point (2008) - I may not get round to updating this for a few years, so you'll have to do your own maths.
I teach English full-time and Greek Cookery part-time. I would like to make the cooking part of it full-time and the English Grammar part of it part-time.
That's all for now.