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Mashed Potatoes With Mix-Ins

Type: Vegetables
Courses: Side dish
Serves: 6 people

Recipe Ingredients

4   Baking potatoes - peeled, and (large)
  Cut into pieces
1/4 cup 59mlMilk
1/4 cup 49g / 1.7ozButter or margarine - (1/2 stick)
1 tablespoon 15mlTabasco brand Green Pepper Sauce
2 teaspoons 10mlChopped parsley
1 1/2 teaspoons 7.5mlSalt

Recipe Instructions

Place potatoes and enough water to cover in 4-quart saucepan over high heat; bring to boil. Reduce heat to low; cover and simmer 20 to 25 minutes or until potatoes are tender. Drain. Return potatoes to saucepan and shake over heat to remove excess moisture.

Mash potatoes well in large bowl with a potato masher or fork (or put them through a ricer). In small saucepan, heat milk, butter and Tabasco brand Green Pepper Sauce until warm; stir into mashed potatoes along with parsley and salt; whip with fork, whisk or electric mixer until light and fluffy. Serve immediately.

This recipe yields 6 servings.

Mashed Potato Mix-Ins:

Cheese - 1/2 cup crumbled, shredded or grated cheese; blue, sharp cheddar, feta, Parmesan

Bacon - 1/3 cup cooked and crumbled crisp bacon

Green onions - 1/3 cup minced green onions

Fresh herbs - 2 tablespoons snipped fresh basil, chives, dill, marjoram, oregano, tarragon, thyme or sage

Onions - 1/2 cup chopped cooked red or white onions or leeks

Garlic - 1 tablespoon roasted garlic puree, or four cloves garlic boiled and mashed with potatoes

Cabbage - 1 cup coarsely grated cooked cabbage

Sauerkraut - 1 cup fresh or canned sauerkraut, drained and chopped

Sausage - 1/2 cup chopped salami, pepperoni, or crumbled cooked sausage

Horseradish - 2 tablespoons prepared horseradish

Source:
Tabasco's recipe archive at http://www.tabasco.com

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