Mashed potatoes should be uniform and without lumps. A blender will do the job just fine. The puree will have a delicate texture and will be delicious. In order for the dish to succeed, you need to know some tricks.
It is necessary
- - 1 kg of potatoes;
- - 50 g butter;
- - salt to taste;
- - 50 g of milk.
Instructions
Step 1
A blender is a very useful kitchen appliance. With its help, you will turn zucchini stewed with tomatoes, onions, carrots into caviar in a few seconds. Boiled pumpkin pieces will also quickly acquire a uniform consistency. In baby food, diet food, it is highly recommended to make mashed potatoes with the addition of boiled pumpkin, peas, zucchini. If you want to make traditional mashed potatoes, start by choosing this vegetable.
Step 2
Potatoes should not be dry or rotten. Being in a store, in the market, you cannot always determine the quality of vegetables. If you come home, washed the potatoes and saw that some of the tubers are green, throw them away. They contain the harmful substance corned beef, which is dangerous to health. If there is a small light green spot on the tuber, you can cut it out by grabbing the nearby pulp.
Step 3
Wash and then peel all tubers. Immediately after removing the skin from it, dip each one into a saucepan with cold water so that they do not turn black. Let them lie in it for an hour. If potatoes contain nitrates, most of them will go into the water during this time.
Step 4
Rinse the tubers. Cut large ones into 4-6 parts, medium ones - in half. Leave the small ones in a round form. Fill them with cold water, put on high heat.
Step 5
When the water boils, reduce the heat. Boil the potatoes for 30 minutes. It is easy to determine its readiness - when a fork stuck into it passes through without resistance, it means that the potatoes are boiled. Drain the water, leave the tubers in a saucepan with the lid closed.
Step 6
Meanwhile, pour milk into a small saucepan or ladle, add oil, salt. Put on fire, stir the contents. When the liquid boils, pour it into the potatoes. Take a blender and begin to grind the food into a homogeneous mass. Once it has acquired a uniform consistency, finish the process so that the mass does not become too sticky.
Step 7
Using a special plastic attachment or purchasing a blender for making puree from vegetables and fruits will help prevent this effect. When serving mashed potatoes made with a blender, you can add a small lump of butter to each plate.
