Purple Mashed Potatoes
Make the most beautiful mashed potatoes with purple potatoes have a purple skin and flesh.
Servings 0
Ingredients
- 4 lbs purple potatoes
- 4 tbs butter
- ¼ to ½ cup whole milk or half & half
- salt to taste
Instructions
- Place the potatoes in a pot large enough to fit them all and cover them with just enough water. Bring to a boil.
- Cook the potatoes until they reach an internal temperature of 2 degrees below the boiling point of water in your area (that changes based on elevation). If you don't have a thermometer then the potatoes need to be tender enough that a fork goes through them, but a thermometer is going to be most accurate. If cook the potatoes too long past this point they will become waterlogged and fall apart eventually.
- Remove from water.
- Place the potatoes into a large bowl. Just smash them with a potato masher to break them up. Then begin whipping them with a hand mixer. Whip for 10 seconds. Then add a little bit of milk at a time until you get the right consistency and continue whipping. Try not to over whip them - no more than 1 minute total with 30 seconds being ideal.
- The final step is to salt to taste