Mashed Potatoes With Watercress And Green Onions Recipes

MASHED POTATOES WITH WATERCRESS AND GREEN ONIONS

Steps:

• Bring medium saucepan of water to boil. Add watercress and blanch 10 seconds. Drain. Pat dry and chop watercress.
• Cook potatoes in large pot of boiling salted water until very tender, about 25 minutes. Drain. Return potatoes to pot. Stir over medium heat until any excess liquid evaporates, about 2 minutes.
• Bring milk almost to simmer in small saucepan. Add hot milk, butter, and oil to potatoes; mash until almost smooth. (Can be prepared 2 hours ahead. Let stand uncovered at room temperature. Rewarm over medium-low heat, stirring often, before continuing.) Stir in green onions and watercress. Season with salt and pepper.

HORSERADISH AND GREEN ONION MASHED POTATOES

Steps:

• Peel potatoes. Place potatoes in a large pot and cover with cold water. Bring to a boil and simmer for 18 to 22 minutes, until potatoes are tender.
• In a saucepan combine cream and butter. Heat until very warm. Add salt and pepper. Drain potatoes and quickly pass through a food mill or potato ricer into a large bowl. Whisk cream mixture into the hot potatoes. Add the horseradish and green onions. Serve hot.

MASHED POTATOES WITH BUTTERMILK, BLACK PEPPER AND GREEN ONION

Steps:

• Put the potatoes in a large pot and cover with cold water by 2 inches. Add 2 tablespoons salt, bring to a boil, and cook until the potatoes are fork tender, about 25 minutes. Drain well. While potatoes are cooking, combine the butter and buttermilk in a small saucepan and bring to a simmer.
• Working in batches, pass the cooked potatoes through a food mill set over a pot (or just use a potato masher!). Stir the hot buttermilk mixture into the potatoes until they are smooth and creamy. Season generously with pepper and add more salt as needed. Stir in the green onions. Cover and keep warm over a simmering pot of water until ready to serve.

MASHED POTATOES WITH GREEN ONIONS

Steps:

• Cook potatoes in a large pot of boiling salted water until tender; drain and return to pot.
• Cook over low heat until any water from potatoes evaporates.
• Place a kitchen towel across the top of pot, cover pot with lid and remove from heat; let stand 10 minutes.
• Mash hot potatoes in pot; set aside.
• Butter large serving bowl.
• Bring milk to simmer in medium saucepan.
• Add chopped green onion and simmer 5 minutes.
• Add milk mixture and half of melted butter to mashed potatoes and mix well; season to taste with salt and pepper.
• Spoon potatoes into prepared serving bowl; using back of spoon, make a well in center of potatoes.
• Pour remaining butter into well and serve.

MASHED POTATOES WITH GREEN ONIONS & PARMESAN

Steps:

• Place Yukon Gold poatoes in in steamer and steam until potato can easily be punctured with a fork.
• Remove skin on potatoes with a peeler or knife. The skin normally comes off easier if removed right after coming out of the steamer.
• Put butter and parmesan in the bottom of a large mixing bowl.
• Add potatoes to bowl and mash (the potatoes should still be warm so they are melting the butter and parmesan).
• Add milk until the mixture becomes creamy (milk can be heated in a separate pot so as not to cool down potatoes).
• Add green onions and salt. Serve.
• Note: If any are leftover they are fantastic the next day pan fried in butter or walnut oil.

WATERCRESS MASHED POTATO

Steps:

• Cook the potatoes in a large pan of salted water for 15 mins or until tender. Drain well, then return to the pan to steam-dry for a few mins before mashing.
• Push the potatoes to one side and add the milk and butter to the other side of the pan. Heat gently until the butter melts, then stir into the potatoes with the watercress and some seasoning.

ONION MASHED POTATOES

Steps:

• Place potatoes in a saucepan and cover with water; bring to a boil. Cook until very tender, about 20-25 minutes. , Meanwhile, in a skillet over low heat, cook onion and sugar in butter until golden, stirring frequently. Drain and mash the potatoes. Add milk, salt and pepper. Stir in onion mixture. Garnish with parsley if desired.

GOLDEN MASHED POTATOES WITH GREEN ONIONS

Steps:

• Place potatoes into a large pot and cover with salted water; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until tender, about 20 minutes. Drain.
• Return potatoes to the pot and let sit, uncovered, for about 5 minutes.
• Meanwhile, heat olive oil in a small saucepan over medium-low heat. Add garlic and saute just until it becomes fragrant, 1 to 2 minutes.
• Add garlic to the potatoes along with milk and butter. Mash with a potato masher until very creamy. Season with salt and pepper, then stir in green onions.

WATERCRESS MASHED POTATOES

Steps:

• Season a pot of cold water with enough salt so that it tastes like seawater. Bring to a boil, add the watercress and leek, and blanch for 1 minute, then shock in cold water. Using your hands, squeeze out as much water as possible. Pulse the watercress, leek, and butter in a food processor until puréed, 30 seconds to 1 minute.
• Put the potatoes in a pot and cover with cold water. Add a dash of salt, bring the water to a boil, and cook until the potatoes are tender when pierced with a fork, about 5 minutes. Drain, and push the potatoes through a ricer or mash them in the pot. Fold in the olive oil, then the puréed watercress and leek. Season with salt and pepper.

GREEN ONION AND BACON MASHED POTATOES

Steps:

• Place potatoes into a large pot and cover with salted water; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until tender, about 25 minutes. Drain.
• Mash potatoes in a large bowl using an electric mixer; pour in milk to make creamier. Stir in bacon, Colby-Monterey Jack cheese, green onions, sour cream, butter, garlic, salt, and pepper.

MASHED POTATOES WITH CARAMELIZED ONIONS

Steps:

• In a large skillet, heat 1 tablespoon olive oil over medium-low heat. Add onions, season with coarse salt. Cook, stirring frequently, until onions are caramelized, 35 to 40 minutes.
• In a medium saucepan, combine potatoes, garlic, and enough water to cover by 1 inch. Bring to a boil; add salt. Cover; reduce heat, and simmer until tender, 15 to 20 minutes. Drain, reserving 1 cup liquid.
• Return potatoes and garlic to pan. Add remaining 2 tablespoons olive oil; season with salt. Mash until smooth, adding reserved liquid as needed. Stir in onions, and serve immediately.