Creamy Garlic and Parmesan Mashed Potatoes
I found this creamy garlic and parmesan mashed potatoes recipe by Alton Brown on the Food Network and couldn’t wait to make it. We love mashed potatoes in my house. I adapted this recipe to work with what I had on hand, and they turned out delicious. Even my daughter, who swears she doesn’t like cheese, loved these potatoes. Of course, I didn’t tell her there was Parmesan in them until after she devoured her portion. These potatoes were creamy, flavorful, delicious, and paired nicely with green beans with caramelized shallots and stuffed pork tenderloin.
Creamy Garlic and Parmesan Mashed Potatoes
Ingredients:
- 4 russet potatoes, peeled and cut into the same size chunks
- ½ cup of milk
- 2 cloves of garlic, minced
- 3 tbsp butter
- 2-3 tbsp Parmesan cheese, finely grated
- Sea salt and freshly cracked pepper, to taste
How to Make Creamy Garlic and Parmesan Mashed Potatoes
Peel the potatoes and cut them into like-sized chunks. Place them in a pot of salted water and boil until fork-tender, about 15-18 minutes.
While the potatoes are cooking, simmer the milk, butter, and garlic together in a small saucepan, making sure NOT to let it boil. Side Note:Â This is an important step because it will poach the garlic, which will make the garlic flavor more subtle instead of it being raw and overpowering the potatoes.Â
Once the potatoes are fork-tender, drain them in a strainer.
Place the potatoes back in the pot and add the warmed milk and garlic mixture.
Mash them using a hand mixer or masher. Add the Parmesan and season with sea salt and freshly cracked pepper, to taste; continue to mash until well combined. Taste and re-season if needed.
Serve immediately. Enjoy.
Ingredients
- 4 russet potatoes peeled and cut into same size chunks
- ½ cup of milk warmed
- 2 cloves of garlic minced
- 3 tbsp butter
- 2-3 tbsp Parmesan cheese finely grated
- Sea salt and freshly cracked pepper to taste
Instructions
- Place them in a large pot of salted water and boil until fork-tender, about 15-18 minutes.
- While the potatoes are cooking, simmer the milk, butter, and garlic together in a small saucepan, making sure NOT to let it boil. Side Note:Â This is an important step because it will poach the garlic, which will make the garlic flavor more subtle instead of it being raw and overpowering the potatoes.Â
- Once the potatoes are fork-tender, drain them in a strainer.
- Place the potatoes back in the pot and add the warmed milk and garlic mixture.
- Mash them using a hand mixer or masher. Add the Parmesan and season with sea salt and freshly cracked pepper, to taste; continue to mash until well combined. Taste and re-season if needed.
- Serve immediately. Enjoy.
It’s better that they don’t know what’s in it. I personally LOVE parmesan cheese in my mash potatoes. These look fantastic!
Absolutely divine Pam!!
Cheers,
Lia.
Doesn’t like cheese??? You might want to go have your daughter checked out by professionals… lol… I could live off of cheese if I had to 🙂 Glad she liked these potatoes, though.. they sound utterly delicious!
I just love mashed potatoes, especially with these flavors in them. This will be the next version we have – good tip about the garlic.
Wow that sounds amazing on the menus for tomorrow :-)) Thanks so much. Take care Diane
I’m still wrapping my head around a child who doesn’t like cheese. (You ought to see the grilled cheese sandwich parties, and just plain cheese parties, that occur around here when more than 2 big kids are home.) Beyond that, this sounds like a great variation on mashed potatoes!
Your daughter doesn’t like CHEESE?! Whoa. I’m so confused upon hearing that.
LOL Just like my husband, he doesn’t like cheese, esp. the hard cheese, at all..he calls them rotten milk..your potato puree looks super!
I can never get enough mashed potatoes and yours here looks just about perfect!
I love to cook all kinds of things but to me, there’s probably nothing more delicious than a yummy bowl of mashed potatoes. In fact, I’m not really hungry, but your photo is making my mouth water Pam!
This is a great recipe. Gives mashed potatoes new flavor.
Pinned it! I want to try this out with some thick grilled pork chops.