Mashed Potato And Peas is hard to resist especially with a blob of melted butter! I make my mashed potato the same way I make my pasta.
- Before we get all tied up in the details of cooking the potato let's just quickly acknowledge how this staple food can make such a wide variety of recipes! I won't get into it but besides the fact that they're such a staple they are also easily affordable, are the base for so many families and like most vegetables are easily grown. In this case, you need nothing more than old potatoes, ground (some soil if you can but not essential) and water.
A few simple reminders
- A great mains or side dish
- Well seasoned
- Easy to make
- Frozen peas directly into the pot with the potatoes
With just potato and frozen peas, butter and seasoning you have a meal or side dish. Who needs meat now?:) Just kidding mash and bangers is a big thing in England and Ireland and it's super delicious too! My mom also made the best mashed potato and pork sausage and it had to be pork that was braised till golden brown with equally brown fried onions. Just saying that brought back some great food memories and made me hungry too. I think that is definitely a post coming up, my mother's mash and sausage!
how to make this MASHED POTATO AND PEAS
What do I mean by saying I make my mashed potato the same way as I do my pasta?
Pasta water for pasta and Potato water for mashed potato because why not? It gives the mash a soft creamy finish and you use less milk, cream or butter. Okay not less butter what's the point of mashed potato without butter seriously now but we don't need to load it with too much of anything. I love adding milk into my mashed potato as well but just incase you feel like a change or run out of milk, use your potato water!
- Start by washing/rinsing the potatoes, peeling and cut into large chunks
- Top the cleaned potatoes up with water, lid on and bring to the boil. Add salt to the water.
- Once boiling drop to a simmer and let them cook till tender.
- Check with a fork to see when they tender by piercing into the potato. If it goes in easily they done.
- Add the frozen peas, and let them cook for another minute. Turn the heat off.
- Drain and keep some potato water!
- Add butter, salt potato and a dash of the potato water and use a masher to mash while they are still hot and steamy.
- Please don't over add the water they will become too soft and not creamy.
- Put the lid back on and let them sit in the pot, mashed and steaming till ready to serve. Don't forget to add a blob of butter in the pot before you put the lid on it melts into creamy luxury potatoes.
- Taste for seasoning when you serve and add an extra
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TIPS & SUGGESTIONS
You want mashed potato to be smooth and lump free but it's important to understand that if you are not a restaurant you probably don't have the equipment so don't focus on that, focus on making a good flavorful meal. Yes you can buy all sorts of equipment if you're that invested in the smooth mash. Okay!
Can you use an electric mixer or stand mixer?
I think that whatever you use, use it for just a couple of seconds because mashed potato can go from fluffy to gluey in seconds so just be careful.
Don't worry about people saying don't use your food processor because if you want to try something try it otherwise how will you know? Have I tried a food processor? Yes and it gave me wonderful mashed potato however, it was not only potato in the processor it was a combination of ingredients so that also helped. Mashed Potatoes With Mushrooms
Served here with these olive oil Flavorful Chicken Breasts!
Oven Baked Flavorful Chicken Breasts
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Mashed Potato and Peas
Ingredients
- 6 potatoes
- 200 grams frozen peas
- 4 tbsps. butter
- salt and pepper to taste
- reserve the potato water if using or use ½ cup warm milk
Instructions
- Start by washing/rinsing the potatoes, peeling and cut into large chunks.Top the cleaned potatoes up with water, lid on and bring to the boil. Add salt to the water.
- Once boiling drop to a simmer and let them cook till tender. Check with a fork to see when they tender by piercing into the potato. If it goes in easily they done.
- Add the frozen peas, and let them cook for another minute. Turn the heat off. Drain and keep some potato water!
- Add butter, salt potato and a dash of the potato water and use a masher to mash while they are still hot and steamy. Please don’t over add the water they will become too soft and not creamy.
- Put the lid back on and let them sit in the pot, mashed and steaming till ready to serve. Don’t forget to add a blob of butter in the pot before you put the lid on it melts into creamy luxury potatoes. Taste for seasoning when you serve and add an extra butter, fresh parsley or chives.
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