Mashed Potatoes With Green Onions

This special version of mashed potatoes is called "champ" by the Irish- decadent is what I'd call these! These go great with Lamb Shanks in Guinness With Country Vegetables and is originally from a 1995 Bon Appetit.

• Ready In: 55 mins
• Serves: 6

Ingredients

• 2  lbs russet potatoes, peeled and quartered
• 1  cup milk
• 1  cup  packed chopped green onion, bottoms and tops
• 1⁄2 cup unsalted butter, melted

Directions

1. Cook potatoes in a large pot of boiling salted water until tender; drain and return to pot.
2. Cook over low heat until any water from potatoes evaporates.
3. Place a kitchen towel across the top of pot, cover pot with lid and remove from heat; let stand 10 minutes.
4. Mash hot potatoes in pot; set aside.
5. Butter large serving bowl.
6. Bring milk to simmer in medium saucepan.
7. Add chopped green onion and simmer 5 minutes.
8. Add milk mixture and half of melted butter to mashed potatoes and mix well; season to taste with salt and pepper.
9. Spoon potatoes into prepared serving bowl; using back of spoon, make a well in center of potatoes.
10. Pour remaining butter into well and serve.