Hey there.
It's Lacey Baier with A Sweet Pea Chef and today we're going to be making some Parmesan
mashed potatoes.
Is there anything better than creamy, buttery, heavy yet delicate and perfectly seasoned
mashed potatoes?
I don't think so and if you agree let's get started.
So Thanksgiving is right around the corner, and you know what, everybody loves to have
with their Thanksgiving meal these Parmesan mashed potatoes, or at least once you've tried
them.
Not only are these great for Thanksgiving and also an awesome addition to any weeknight
meal.
So the first thing you want to do to get started is to start steaming the potatoes.
So go ahead and heat up a deep pot with water and we're going to put that on high and let
that come to a boil.
While the water is coming to a boil, we're gonna go ahead and start dicing up the potatoes.
I leave the peel on mine because, frankly, I don't care enough to take the peel off and
I actually like the texture of peel in the mashed potatoes.
I think it adds a little bit of a nice texture to it.
But if you really don't want the peel on there go ahead and take that off before you start
dicing it up.
While we're dicing it we want to make sure that all the pieces have a nice even size
so that they steam evenly when we put them into the basket.
Now go ahead and transfer those into the pot of hot water in the steamer basket and cover
that and let it cook for about 8 to 10 minutes until the potatoes all nicely tender when
you poke them with the fork.
Once the potatoes are nice and tender go ahead and transfer those to a large mixing bowl
and we're going to get ready to mash.
So to mash these potatoes I use a hand masher.
I know in some of my recipes I use a food processor or a blender or even an immersion
blender at times to mash things up, I do like to mash a lot, but with these mashed potatoes
I like them a little lumpy, thank you very much, I think that that adds a little bit
of character and makes it kind of more of a rustic, nice, really awesome texture and
adds to the whole of these delicious mashed potatoes.
I totally recommend it.
If you want to use a food processor, though, or anything else to mash them up to be more
of a whipped texture go for it, you can do that at this point.
So go ahead and whatever method you're wanting to choose go ahead and just mash all the potatoes
until it's a nice even consistency.
So now that the potatoes are all good and mashed we're going to heat up the butter and
half and half in a saucepan over medium-high heat.
So with this half and half butter mixture we're not looking to boil it all we wanna
do is heat it through and then also have the butter completely melt.
Once you have that established go ahead and turn the heat off and then slowly add three-quarters
of that mixture into the mashed potatoes.
What we're looking here to do is to mix it all together, you may need to add all the
remaining quarter of that mixture but you might not need to do it.
It depends on how creamy and how liquidy you want the mashed potatoes.
If you want it a little thicker you don't need to add all of it at this time.
Go ahead and add that to your desired consistency and mix it together to nicely incorporate
it.
So now we get to add in what makes these mashed potatoes Parmesany goodness mashed potatoes.
So go ahead and grab the sour cream and the Parmesan cheese as well as the salt and pepper,
we're going to pour that all into the mixture, we're going to stir that up to combine and
at this point go ahead and taste it, you may want to add a little bit more salt or pepper
depending on the flavors.
This is the time to do it.
Make sure everything's mixed together and it's gonna be ready to serve.
A great way to serve these is to use just a little bit of butter and some fresh chives
and it's going to be such a great hit either at this Thanksgiving or any night of the week.
Hope you enjoy it.
As always the recipe is below and don't forget to subscribe to my YouTube channel youtube.com/asweetpeachef
and I'll see you next time.
They're also great for just a weeknight also.
Awesome.
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