Dish of Smashed Potatoes
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Smashed Potatoes


North America
Serves:
Effort:
Sched:
DoAhead:  		 4 side
**
45 min
Yes		 Mashed potatoes are fine if you have gravy, but robust smashed potatos are more able to stand on their own, and can be enhanced further with herbs. Here they're shown with scallion tops.

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Potatoes (1)
Bay Leaf
Salt
Butter
Sour Cream (2)
Salt (or tt)
Pepper (or tt)
Green Herb
Make:   -   (45 min)
  1. Put the POTATOES (skin-on) in a pot with Water to cover, Bay Leaf and 1 t Salt. Boil gently until just cooked all the way through. They are done when a sharp skewer will go through the center of largest one without encountering a stiff spot.
  2. Melt Butter and mix thoroughly with Sour Cream (see Note-2), Salt and Pepper.
  3. Fish Potatoes out of the water reserving 1/2 cup of the water, let them dry out so the skins are not slippery and smash them up (still skin-on) with a wooden spatula or similar tool. Stir in the Butter mix and adjust consistency with reserved cooking water as needed (more important if they will be held for awhile).
  4. Finally, stir in Green Herb of choice (scallion tops, chives, basil, sage, etc.).
  5. Serve hot. If you must hold them use a warm oven. If you must reheat them use a moderate oven.
NOTES:

  1. Potatoes:

      Red are best and add some skin color. White Rose will do. Yukon Gold type may be too mushy, and Russets are too dry, crumbly, and would have to be peeled. Potatoes about 2 inches in diameter are good - too small there's too much skins and too big there's too little. For details see our Potatoes page.

  2. Sour Cream

    is optional. Some cooks use 1/2 cup Cream Cheese in its place.
  3. U.S. measure: t=teaspoon, T=Tablespoon, c=cup, qt=quart, oz=ounce, #=pound, cl=clove in=inch, ar=as required tt=to taste
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