4 elementary errors, without which the puree will be no worse than in a restaurant

  • Dec 24, 2019
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 How to cook the perfect mashed potatoes
How to cook the perfect mashed potatoes

Even the most simple, seemingly dishes have secrets. For example, to prepare mashed potatoes is not enough simply potoloch potatoes. There are a few culinary tricks that will make it taste more saturated, and texture - softer and more airy.

Experienced hostess know that each potato depending on the variety, has a purpose. Roots with pale golden skin is better to put on mashed potatoes, as they are well boiled soft, but some varieties with red skin is best left for frying, the pieces will be one to one. These rules are well-known to all, but we know from school: something must be exceptions ...

1. Mix different varieties

Try during mashing to mix different varieties of potatoes.
Try during mashing to mix different varieties of potatoes.

So, the first rule of perfect mashed Do not be afraid to mix different varieties of potatoes. Simmer together the roots of different colors, then as a result you get an interesting texture of the dish, but not slippery mush.

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In addition, feel free to add in other mashed root vegetables. For example, turnips or parsnips greatly improve the taste of the dish.

2. Do not cut finely

Small potato cubes when cooking to absorb too much liquid.
Small potato cubes when cooking to absorb too much liquid.

Matter what size you cut potato pieces for cooking, essentially depends on the taste of the finished sauce. You do not need to wonder: small pieces soaked with plenty of fluids, and the dish turns out watery taste. Whether to win 10-15 minutes of time to the detriment of taste?

Boiled potatoes Always test after cooking.
Boiled potatoes Always test after cooking.

Once finished cooking, immediately drain the water and dry the potato slices, otherwise you risk to spoil the sauce.

3. Do not use a food processor

The best device for mashing - tolkushkoy.
The best device for mashing - tolkushkoy.

Despite the fact that many housewives have long been dubbed the Harvester indispensable assistant, in mashing it is not an assistant. Better use tolkushkoy grandmother, then be able to achieve and splendor, and structuring. A harvester will transform potatoes into a homogeneous grounds, which spread on the plate only.

4. Add the butter and milk correctly

Add milk just warm.
Add milk just warm.

Puree is much more appetizing, if during the cooking time add a knob of butter, milk or chicken broth. The main rule: everything that you add to the hot potato, too, should be warm. Firstly, it is easier to mix until smooth, secondly, mashed longer stay warm, it does not have to be heated before serving.
If you want even more delicious taste, saute some garlic in butter, add it to the potatoes, and even after the arch and milk. Delicate texture and subtle taste guaranteed! Mashed potatoes, cooked in such an unusual way, just have to taste the whole family.

Not less popular and scalloped potatoes. Try to cook it at єtomu simple recipe, and you will no longer wrestle with the question of how to feed a family in haste.

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