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The Perfect Mashed Potato?

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  • Sammy-Jo_2
    Sammy-Jo_2 Posts: 123 Forumite
    Do you have to grease the individual tins? What a great idea ! I am returning to work 9-3 in September so am looking for ideas on time saving. These threads are gr8!
  • Do you add butter to your mash before freezing?
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  • rachbc
    rachbc Posts: 4,461 Forumite
    Sammy-Jo wrote: »
    Do you have to grease the individual tins? What a great idea ! I am returning to work 9-3 in September so am looking for ideas on time saving. These threads are gr8!

    nope once its frozen hard it kinda pops out with a nudge from a palate knife! One lump does dd perfectly if I need to feed her in a hurry! I started doing it after I bought frozen mash whilst kitchenless
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  • meritaten
    meritaten Posts: 24,158 Forumite
    edited 27 July 2010 at 8:20PM
    Use King Edward or Desiree or as a last resort Maris Pipers. then warm up half a cup of milk (for the large saucepan size full of spuds) with a knob of butter. dont boil it just warm it til the butter melts. then mash your potatoes with either a hand masher or a ricer. add the warm milk and butter slowly and beat in with a wooden spoon. until the mash has the consistency you like. then add a shake or two of WHITE pepper. taste and adjust the seasoning.
    this is how i like to make my mash (and btw - NO-ONE can be called picky if they like powdered mash!!! that stuff is awful!)

    sorry - forgot to say - when the potatoes come to the boil turn them down to a fast simmer and dont just leave them boiling. leaving them on the boil means that the outside will cook too fast and they will go a bit sludgy. let them cook more gently and you will be rewarded for your patience by the spuds staying firm enough to mash and not becoming potato soup!
  • Quick Question - I am making a cottage pie and have the mince bubbling away on the hob. Can I put the potatoes in a steamer pan above mince to cook them and then make the mash? Will it work?

    Thanks
  • MrsRogers
    MrsRogers Posts: 631 Forumite
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    Yes of course :) they will be yummy
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  • hot.chick
    hot.chick Posts: 1,070 Forumite
    yep - will make lovely fluffy mash :)
  • Thanks - thought it would, just wanted some reassurance :D
  • AFAIK, steaming potatoes helps to preserve the vitamins :)

    I'll add this to the existing thread on making mash where it might help others.
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  • pinkmami
    pinkmami Posts: 1,110 Forumite
    I use any kind of potato be it maris P, plain old white or King Eds.....anything goes. Boil, mash, add warm milk, knob of butter & beat the living daylights out of it! Add a sprinkling of dried parsley to add a bit of taste & beat again....and serve!
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