Mashed potatoes laced with smoky-flavored roasted garlic adds a big yum factor to a comforting classic. No worries if you’re a bit shy of garlic — roasting garlic makes it much mellower and sweeter.
Roasted Garlic Mashed Potatoes
Author: Nava
Recipe type: Vegetable side dish
Cuisine: Healthy
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Serves: 6 to 8
Mashed potatoes laced with smoky-flavored roasted garlic adds a big yum factor to a comforting classic.
Ingredients
- 1 whole head garlic
- 6 large russet potatoes, peeled and diced
- 2 tablespoons vegan buttery spread (such as Earth Balance), or extra-virgin olive oil
- ¼ to ½ cup unsweetened rice milk or other nondairy milk
- Salt and freshly ground pepper to taste
- Thinly sliced scallion or minced chives for garnish
Instructions
- Remove some of the papery outer layers from the garlic but keep the cloves intact. Place on a baking sheet and bake in a 350-degree F. oven or 375-degree F. toaster oven for 40 to 45 minutes, or until the cloves are soft.
- When cool enough to handle, gently separate the cloves from the head of garlic and squeeze the soft pulp out of each clove into a small bowl and discard the outer skin.
- In the meantime, cover the diced potatoes with plenty of water in a large saucepan and bring to a simmer. Simmer steadily but gently, covered, until the potato dice are very tender, about 20 to 25 minutes, then drain.
- In a large, shallow bowl, combine the cooked potato dice with the Earth Balance or olive oil and stir until melted. Add ¼ cup of rice milk and the reserved garlic pulp and mash the potatoes until smooth and fluffy. If needed, add up to an additional ¼ cup of rice milk to loosen the consistency.
- Season with salt and pepper, then transfer to a serving container. Sprinkle some scallion or chives over the top and serve at once, or keep warm until needed.
Variation: Substitute a large sweet potatoes for two of the white potatoes.
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