Mashed Potatoes With Roasted Garlic and Shallots

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I don't think I've found a way to prepare potatoes that I don't like. They're all good. Mashed potatoes, in particular, just screams "comfort food" to me. When a holiday or special occasion comes around, I like to turn to this recipe just to dress things up a bit. Sounds a little fancier, but tastes delicious.

by JackieOhNo!·published 2008-04-09

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Potato

Servings

8 serving(s)

Total time

1h 25m

prep 10 min

Calories / serving

363 kcal

Ingredients (8)

serves

10 shallotsshallot
2 heads garlicgarlic
1 tablespoon olive oilolive-oil
4 lbs potatoes, peeled cut into 1-inch chunkspotato
salt (to taste)salt
1 cup sour cream or 1 cup creme fraiche
6 tablespoons unsalted butter, meltedbutter
1 teaspoon fresh ground pepper (or to taste)pepper

Instructions (4 steps)

01Heat oven to 350 degrees.
02Rub shallots (in their skins) and whole garlic heads with oil; place on baking sheet. Bake 30 minutes. Remove shallots and continue to roast garlic until very soft, 20-25 minutes longer. Let cool. Squeeze garlic and shallots from skins and mince.
03Meanwhile, boil potatoes in large pot of lightly salted water until tender, 15-20 minutes.
04Drain potatoes well and return to pot. Add shallots and garlic, sour cream, butter, and salt and pepper to taste and mash with potato masher. Transfer to serving dish and serve hot.

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