If you put your chopped garlic in your milk or cream while it is heating up, it will extract a lot of the garlic flavor and spread it evenly through the potatoes when you mash/whip/puree them. I also like to take a whole head and cut it a quarter inch off of the top of the whole head an put a little olive oil on it in some foil and roast it till it is soft and sweet about 20 minutes or so. and squeeze it in while I'm processing the mash.
I know it's cheating, but 5# of unpeeled boiled white potatoes plus 1 container of the garlic-flavored Philadelphia Cooking Creme processed on my KitchenAid turned out exceedingly well.
And don't tell my daughter, but I snuck in half a head of boiled cauliflower before mixing, and she had no idea.
One way we make them is to scrub the taters with a green scotchbrite pad, rather than peel them. Dice them and put them in a pyrex bowl. Microwave them until fork tender, mash up garlic in the garlic masher, add butter and milk and then mash the taters. For a creamier texture, use heavy whipping cream.
You could also just boil the taters, but they end up with a different texture.
I use a mixer to mash taters. I only user my masher on eggs for salads.
I add 4 to 6 whole garlic gloves to my salted water when I boil the potatoes. By doing that, the potatoes are cooking in garlic. The gloves get mashed along with the potatoes, cream , butter, etc.
Originally Posted By UT-ARShooter:
I add 4 to 6 whole garlic gloves to my salted water when I boil the potatoes. By doing that, the potatoes are cooking in garlic. The gloves get mashed along with the potatoes, cream , butter, etc.
This is how I do mine too.
Originally Posted By acegunner:
If you put your chopped garlic in your milk or cream while it is heating up, it will extract a lot of the garlic flavor and spread it evenly through the potatoes when you mash/whip/puree them. I also like to take a whole head and cut it a quarter inch off of the top of the whole head an put a little olive oil on it in some foil and roast it till it is soft and sweet about 20 minutes or so. and squeeze it in while I'm processing the mash.
Yes! I also add cream cheese to mine. Room temperature, added when mashing/smashing.