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Roasted Garlic Mashed Potatoes

Roasted whole garlic got its start at Chez Panisse. Here, it's added to the decade's ultimate comfort food, smooth and creamy mashed potatoes.

Type: Vegetables
Courses: Side dish
Serves: 4 people

Recipe Ingredients

1   Garlic head (large)
1 teaspoon 5mlOlive oil
2 1/2 lbs 1135g / 40ozRusset potatoes - peeled, and
  Cut into 1/2" pieces
2/3 cup 157mlHalf-and-half
5 tablespoons 75mlButter - cut into 5 pieces
  Salt - to taste
  Freshly-ground black pepper - to taste

Recipe Instructions

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Place garlic on large square of foil. Drizzle with oil. Wrap foil around garlic to enclose. Bake garlic until soft, about 40 minutes. Cool garlic. Separate cloves. Press garlic cloves between fingertips to release from skins.

Cook potatoes in large pot of boiling salted water until tender, about 20 minutes. Drain; return potatoes to same pot. Add garlic and mash together.

Bring half-and-half to simmer in small saucepan. Add half-and-half and butter to potatoes; stir to blend. Season with salt and pepper.

This recipe yields 4 to 6 servings.

Source:
Bon Appetit, September 1999

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