Mashed Potatoes for One

• servings: 2
• active time: 10 minutes
• total time: 25 minutes

Ingredients

2 medium Gold potatoes , quartered and unpeeled

½ cup milk

½ cup heavy cream

2 cloves garlic , peeled and smashed

¼ teaspoon ground coriander

1 tablespoon salted butter

1 tablespoon olive oil

1 tablespoon stone ground mustard

½ teaspoon kosher salt

pinch coarsely ground black pepper

Directions

See the recipe box below for ingredient amounts and full recipe instructions.

Chop the potatoes into quarters and place them in a small saucepan. Add the milk, cream, garlic, and coriander and stir. Add a little extra milk or cream if the potatoes are not almost completely covered by the liquid.

Cook on medium-high heat for 15-20 minutes or until potatoes are tender and the tip of a knife easily goes through.

When the potatoes are tender, put a bowl on the counter and a colander inside that bowl. Pour the potatoes through the colander, and the cream will collect in the bowl.

Put the potatoes back into the pot and pour some of the garlic-infused cream over them. Mash the potatoes with either a potato masher or an immersion blender.

Add butter, olive oil, and stone ground mustard and stir. Add more of the reserved cream, if necessary so that the mashed potatoes are the consistency you prefer.

Chop the potatoes into quarters and place them in a small saucepan. Add the milk, cream, garlic, and coriander and stir. Add a little extra milk or cream if the potatoes are not almost completely covered by the liquid.

Cook on medium-high heat for 15-20 minutes or until potatoes are tender and the tip of a knife easily goes through.

When the potatoes are tender, put a bowl on the counter and a colander inside that bowl. Pour the potatoes through the colander, and the cream will collect in the bowl.

Put the potatoes back into the pot and mash them with either a potato masher or an immersion blender. Next, take some of the garlic-infused cream and fold it back into the potatoes until smooth and creamy.

Fold in the butter, olive oil and the stone ground mustard.

Season with salt and pepper.

Serve.

Notes

Expert Tips

I highly recommend using Gold potatoes in this mashed potato recipe.

Feel free to customize this recipe by adding in other herbs and spices.

Although I love using stone ground mustard in this recipe, dijon mustard will also work.