There is hardly a side dish in our country that is more popular than mashed potatoes. And there are few people who do not know how to cook it. The ingredients included in the recipe for mashed potatoes always remain unchanged: boiled potatoes, milk, butter. But this usual simple dish can be turned into something non-standard, piquant, adding several new flavors to it.
Mashed potatoes baked with sour cream and paprika
To cook mashed potatoes in the oven, we need the following products:
- potatoes - 1 kg;
- heavy cream - 2 tablespoons;
- sour cream - 2 tablespoons;
- butter - 30 g;
- garlic - 1 slice;
- yolks from two eggs;
- parsley greens - 1 bunch;
- smoked paprika - a pinch;
- cinnamon - a pinch.
1. According to the classics, boil potatoes in salted water, after peeling them and cutting them into sufficiently large pieces of the same size.
2. Peel and chop the garlic. Cut the washed and dried parsley as small as possible.
3. Crush the boiled hot potatoes by adding butter, cream and sour cream. Stir in the yolks and all the spices in the mashed potatoes: garlic, parsley, paprika, cinnamon.
4. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees, put the mashed potatoes in a baking dish and send them to the oven for about 20 minutes. After this time, we immediately serve.
Mashed potatoes with blue cheese
To prepare mashed potatoes according to this recipe, we need:
- potatoes - 800 g;
- heavy cream - 50 g;
- blue cheese - 100 g;
- butter - 10 g;
- peppercorns, bay leaves, salt.
1. Grind the cheese in any way convenient for you - grate or simply crush.
2. Peeled and diced potatoes are boiled in water with the addition of a few peppercorns and bay leaves.
3. Water after boiling potatoes must be drained into a bowl, we need about half a glass.
4. Crush hot potatoes by adding hot cream and butter to the puree. Then add the crushed cheese and knead very well. If the mashed potatoes come out too thick, then we need the liquid saved from boiling the potatoes. Gently pour it in and bring the puree to the consistency we need.
5. Everyone determines the sharpness of the dish according to his own taste. Add pepper and salt if necessary.
Mashed potatoes with fried onions and nuts
To prepare four servings of mashed potatoes, we need:
- potatoes - 800 g;
- heavy cream - 80 g;
- red onion - 1 pc.;
- pine nuts - a handful;
- butter - 20 g;
- vegetable oil - 1 tablespoon;
- bay leaf, peppercorns, salt.
1. Cut the onion into half rings, then brown it in a frying pan in a mixture of vegetable and butter.
2. Sliced, pre-peeled potatoes are boiled in water with the addition of spices.
3. When the potatoes are ready, drain the liquid, keeping half a glass.
4. Crush hot potatoes with warmed cream and butter. Add fried onions and nuts to mashed potatoes. If the puree, in your opinion, is too thick, add the water left over from cooking.
