Comments on: Mashed Potatoes and Root Vegetables http://leitesculinaria.com/23827/recipes-mashed-potatoes-root-vegetables.html#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed Recipes, Food, and Cooking Blog Wed, 23 May 2012 20:16:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Testers Choice http://leitesculinaria.com/23827/recipes-mashed-potatoes-root-vegetables.html#comment-46002 Testers Choice Fri, 28 Oct 2011 20:59:31 +0000 http://leitesculinaria.com/?p=23827#comment-46002 [Brenda Carleton] My husband and I ADORED this. The recipe instructs you to caramelize root vegetables in butter, then add in Yukon gold potatoes, chicken broth, and salt, and simmer until cooked. Then you mash with warm half and half, add chives, and season. I chose to use carrots. They caramelized beautifully. The recipe specifies adding only 1/3 of a cup of chicken broth. That was not enough — the vegetables began to dry out quickly, so I added a good further 1/4 cup, in one tablespoon increments. The recipe recommends rinsing the potatoes with water a few times to eliminate gummy potatoes. Definitely do this! I mashed the vegetables, but left the mixture a bit chunky. The dish was buttery and oozed with flavor. I would make it again in a heartbeat. Other than the broth, I cannot think of a way to improve it. We both found this to be a stellar recipe, and I guarantee this will become one of our new favorite starches. [Brenda Carleton] My husband and I ADORED this. The recipe instructs you to caramelize root vegetables in butter, then add in Yukon gold potatoes, chicken broth, and salt, and simmer until cooked. Then you mash with warm half and half, add chives, and season. I chose to use carrots. They caramelized beautifully.

The recipe specifies adding only 1/3 of a cup of chicken broth. That was not enough — the vegetables began to dry out quickly, so I added a good further 1/4 cup, in one tablespoon increments. The recipe recommends rinsing the potatoes with water a few times to eliminate gummy potatoes. Definitely do this! I mashed the vegetables, but left the mixture a bit chunky. The dish was buttery and oozed with flavor. I would make it again in a heartbeat. Other than the broth, I cannot think of a way to improve it. We both found this to be a stellar recipe, and I guarantee this will become one of our new favorite starches.

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