Mashed Potatoes With Roasted Garlic and Shallots

JackieOhNo!'s Note:

I don't think I've found a way to prepare potatoes that I don't like. They're all good. Mashed potatoes, in particular, just screams "comfort food" to me. When a holiday or special occasion comes around, I like to turn to this recipe just to dress things up a bit. Sounds a little fancier, but tastes delicious.

• Total Time: 1 hrs 25 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 1 hrs 15 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 8

• 10 shallots
• 2 heads garlic
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 4 lbs potatoes , peeled cut into 1-inch chunks
• salt (to taste)
• 1 cup sour cream or 1 cup creme fraiche
• 6 tablespoons unsalted butter , melted
• 1 teaspoon fresh ground pepper (or to taste)

Directions:

1. Heat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Rub shallots (in their skins) and whole garlic heads with oil; place on baking sheet. Bake 30 minutes. Remove shallots and continue to roast garlic until very soft, 20-25 minutes longer. Let cool. Squeeze garlic and shallots from skins and mince.
3. Meanwhile, boil potatoes in large pot of lightly salted water until tender, 15-20 minutes.
4. Drain potatoes well and return to pot. Add shallots and garlic, sour cream, butter, and salt and pepper to taste and mash with potato masher. Transfer to serving dish and serve hot.

Reviews

[Melissa Bell]

Very tasty, the sour cream is a nice change from milk. There were a little too many shallots for my preference, other than that it's a really good recipe. Thank you!

[Brooke the Cook in WI]

Made this for thanksgiving dinner and it went over very well - they seem fancy like you spent a lot of time preparing, but it actually went together quite quickly. Luckily there are plenty of leftovers for me to enjoy - serves 7 with plenty of leftovers. I used just one head of garlic and the potatoes were lightly garlic flavored. I also used light sour cream and just 2T of butter - everything worked out perfectly.

[gailanng]

Not your mother's recipe. Fancy enough for company and comforting enough to drown a sorrow. Betty Crocker would be jealous. Made for Everyday Is A Holiday.