Best Mashed Potatoes Recipe
Marc is not an eat-to-live or live-to-eat kind of human, what he is, is a fanatical eater who therefore loves to cook.
When I asked Marc for a recipe, he texted me back instantly. You have to know Marc and know his pride in his children is giant, and in the text I could hear him yelling ...
"My daughter has a fantastic recipe for mashed potatoes. They are the best mashed potatoes I’ve ever had. Is that good? Or is there something else you would like from me?"
I responded with "anything you want to share that you want to make this time of year … "
He promptly sent his daughter's recipe...
I was told that he and his daughter talk on the phone every Sunday about food.... and our newsletter..
Ingredients:
8 huge russet potatoes
1-1/2 sticks of unsalted butter
1 brick Philadelphia Cream Cheese (has to be Philadelphia)
3/4 cup heavy cream
3/4 cup whole milk
Sea salt to taste
optional:
consider a dash of miso
some heat like garlic hot sauce
Directions:
1. Thoroughly peel and cut (potatoes) into ten roughly equal pieces.
2. Boil in salted water until they fall appart when you put a fork into them.
3. Rinse after boiling, and put back into pot.
4. Add butter, cream cheese, heavy cream and whole milk, and put the lid back on for a few minutes, allowing the butter and cream and cream cheese to melt.
5. Use a hand masher and mash everything. THEN use an electric hand mixer until they are smooth and fluffy.
6. Salt to taste
