Perfect Creamy Mashed Potatoes Recipe

Creamy buttery and perfectly fluffy mashed potatoes.

Perfect Creamy Mashed Potatoes Recipe

Mashed potatoes are a quintessentially British side dish; they are typically rich, buttery and indulgent. This recipe is the perfect start to either serving mashed potatoes as a side or indeed in anything from fish cakes to cottage pie.

Course Side Dish

Cuisine British

Diet Vegetarian

Keyword creamy mashed potatoes, homemade mashed potatoes, mash potatoes, mashed potatoes

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 35

Total Time 40

Servings Servings

Calories 498kcal

Author Brian Jones

Ingredients

500 g Floury Potatoes 3½ Cups
50 g Butter 3 tablespoon + 1 teaspoon (at room temperature)
50 ml Double Cream 3 tablespoon + 1 teaspoon (heavy cream in the US)
Salt to taste (this will depend on your cooking method)

Instructions

Boiled Potato Cooking Method:

Peel the potatoes and cut them into evenly sized pieces. Roughly about the same size as a ping pong ball.
Boil in generously salted water until cooked (I use a 20cm or 8" saucepan and 1 teaspoon of coarse sea salt). This will take somewhere between 25 and 35 minutes.
Place the potatoes in a colander and allow them to dry off and steam dry for a couple of minutes.
When the potatoes look 'dry', pass them through a potato ricer.

Baked Potato Cooking Method:

Choose 2 or 3 potatoes roughly the same size as each other.
Prick the potatoes with a fork.
Wash the potatoes and generously sprinkle with salt.
Place in the oven at 180°C or 350°F and bake until cooked. This will take anywhere from 60 to 75 minutes.
Cut the potatoes in half, and scoop out the insides of the potato and pass the potato through a potato ricer.

Air Fryer Baked Potato Cooking Method:

Choose 2 or 3 potatoes roughly the same size as each other.
Prick the potatoes with a fork.
Wash the potatoes and generously sprinkle with salt.
Place them in the air fryer, cook at 200°C or 400°F and bake until cooked. This will take 40-50 minutes. Flip the potatoes over halfway through the cooking time.

Microwave Baked Potato Cooking Method:

Choose 2 or 3 potatoes roughly the same size as each other.
Prick the potatoes with a fork.
Wash the potatoes and generously sprinkle with salt.
Place the baked potatoes in a microwave and cover them with kitchen paper. Microwave for 4 minutes on full power, then flip the potatoes, re-cover with paper and give them another 4 minutes. Then cook in 1-2 minute bursts until the potatoes are cooked through. The total time will depend on the power of your microwave and the size of the potato.

Finishing the Mash with Dairy:

Just before your potatoes are ready to be mashed or riced, heat the cream on the stovetop. You do not need to boil it, just heat it up.
Add the cream and the butter to the riced potato and stir to bring it all together with a spatula. Do not overwork the potatoes; just get everything combined.
Have a taste and add salt to taste.

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