Baked Potato Mashed Potatoes

Submitted by DRiENNE

"This is a recipe for french onion mashed potatoes, in which I, again, added my own twist. The trick to this is to keep everything hot throughout the entire process."

 

• Ready In: 35mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Serves: 4-6

ingredients

• 2 lbs potatoes, of choice
• 6 tablespoons butter
• 1 1⁄2 cups chopped onions
• 1⁄4 teaspoon pepper
• salt
• 3⁄4 cup milk
• 1⁄4 cup cooking sherry
• 3⁄4 cup shredded mozzarella cheese (optional) or 3/4 cup gruyere cheese (optional)
• minced chives (as desired)
• bacon bits (as desired)
• cheddar cheese (as desired)
• sour cream (as desired)

directions

1. Peel the potatoes & cut them into halves or quarters, depending on size.
2. Put in a large pot of water with a pinch of salt. Bring to a boil, then cook approximately 20 minutes until the potatoes are tender.
3. In small pan, heat the milk & 4 tablespoons of the butter. Cook until melted & warm.
4. In separate pan, sauté the onions in remaining 2 tablespoons of butter until caramelized to a golden brown. Add the sherry to the pan & sauté another 2 minutes until liquid evaporates.
5. Drain potatoes. Add the milk/butter mixture & start mashing. Season with salt & pepper, then add onions.
6. Fold in the cheese.
7. Remove from the heat. I recommend dishing up single servings & adding the remaining ingredients to those. You may also exclude the last 3 ingredients and simply top with gravy.

Reviews

[mmjaparker]

Best homemade mashed potatoes we've had in a long time-texture was superb and carmelized onions were a nice addition!

 

[Lavender Lynn]

Mashed potatoes with built-in caramelized onions! Wonderful and a great match to the chicken and asparagus we served it with. Not having chives, we used green onion tops and some additional Mozzarella cheese. Made for PAC Spring 2008.

 

[Debber]

Beyond yummy...10-star rating! I actually used some extra baked potatoes for that part of the recipe. Didn't affect the taste or flavor one bit (IMO), and was a great way to use up those spuds. We served with all the suggested toppings, and let diners pick-n-choose according to their tastes. *Made for Fall 07 PAC Newbie Nursery*