Roasted garlic mashed potatoes are made with red potatoes, roasted garlic, milk, and cream. Serve this favorite comfort food for a family gathering or evening meal.
Prep Time30 minutesmins
Cook Time1 hourhr10 minutesmins
Total Time1 hourhr40 minutesmins
Course: Main
Cuisine: American
Keyword: potatoes
Servings: 12
Author: Laura Warnke
Ingredients
3poundsred potatoes
1/2cupmilk
1/4cupcream
3Tablespoonsbutter
2teaspoonssalt
1/2teaspoonblack pepper
1/4cuproasted garlic cloves(purchase 2 large heads of raw garlic)
Instructions
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
To make the roasted garlic:
To prepare the roasted garlic cut the top off of each head so the cloves are partially exposed. Loosely wrap each head of garlic in aluminum foil making sure it is sealed and place both on a baking sheet. Bake the garlic for 45 minutes. Garlic should be soft and mushy. Unwrap and let cool enough until you can handle the garlic. Scoop out each of the garlic cloves with a small knife. A condiment knife or seafood fork works well to remove the garlic. Discard any skins. Place in a small bowl and set aside.
To make the potatoes:
Wash and rinse the potatoes with cold water. Using a vegetable peeler, remove about 50% of the skin from the potatoes using small short strokes.
Place the potatoes in a kettle of cold water and bring to a boil. Boil for 20 minutes or until the potatoes are fork tender. Remove and drain the water from the potatoes.
In a large kettle combine the potatoes, roasted garlic cloves, milk, cream, butter, salt, and pepper. Mash well with a potato masher. Add more cream if potatoes seem lumpy or dry.
Place in an oven safe serving bowl and keep warm until ready to serve.
Notes
Serve with easy cheesy meatloaf for a great dinner.