For reasons unknown, I never make mashed potatoes in the summer. So this time of year, when the cold weather rolls around, my Scots-Irish DNA craves comfort food, and shifts into full-blown potato mode. When I was a little girl, I loved mashed potatoes so much, I often chose them for dessert. (What do I mean, when I was little? I still do this.) I'll be posting a few variations on the glorious mashed potato in the following weeks, so stay tuned. This one is simple and marvelous...
Brown Butter and Sage Mashed Potatoes
Boil 3 pounds red new potatoes in skins. Meanwhile, melt 1 1/2 sticks unsalted butter in a small skillet over medium heat, add 1 cup chopped fresh sage and cook, stirring until the butter is golden brown, 4-6 minutes. Drain the potatoes and mash with butter mixture, 1/4 cup whole milk; season with salt and freshly ground pepper.
(I knew this great vintage fork would come in handy some day.)
yummy! i love mashed potatoes too. altho' being filipino rice is number one, but i must have mashed potato every week... thanks for the recipe...
ReplyDeleteJJRod'z
Hello Tess:
ReplyDeleteCrushed, mashed, boiled, sauté, roasted, baked,Dauphinoise, Forrestiere,......you name it, we love them, but not chipped!!
Your receipt will be tried out at lunch tomorrow!!
We're big 'mash' fans too. The humble potato, a fine food.
ReplyDeleteBig potato fan here as well..sadly the hubby is not so I don't get them as often as I would like.
ReplyDeleteooooooo, the sage sounds like the perfect addition here.
ReplyDeleteand that fork? i saw it before the potatoes!
Ooh - I LOVE mashed potatoes - in all forms, but especially with the skins mixed in. Yum!
ReplyDeleteNancy, it's a wonderful old horn-handled fork...I should post a picture of the whole thing...it really is an object of beauty...
ReplyDeleteOne word...YUM!
ReplyDeleteAll we put in mashed potatoes is butter and milk or cream and top with gravy. :-)
ReplyDeleteWhen it gets cold here in Louisiana, we cook gumbo, jambalaya, chili or hearty beef stews...all served with jalapeno/cheese cornbread. Yum!!
xo,
Marion
"One of the very nicest things about life is the way we must regularly stop whatever it is we are doing and devote our attention to eating." ~Luciano Pavarotti
I love that quote from The Pav...
ReplyDelete"The Pav" *sigh* He believed that his belly was the source of his power, especially in his prime, so he heartily fed it. He is sorely missed. I do love me some mashed taters...
ReplyDeleteI love the fork - late 18th century?
ReplyDeleteTom, yes! I posted photos on my Facebook page if you'd like to take a peek...
ReplyDeleteyou will be posting variations?
ReplyDeleteyea.
this is gonna be so, so bad :)
Well, I've lost fifteen pounds for my India trip, now postponed until Dec 1 - which will only give me four months there. I'll be spending Thanksgiving here so, as wonderful as your potatoes look, I'm holding off - and I'll try to limit the turkey day stuffing and stuffing myself. I'd like NOT to have to ask for a seat belt extension on this long trip!
ReplyDeleteSo rich and satisfying. Love your antique, three-pronged fork.
ReplyDeleteHappy days dear friend.
Oh yes! With some onion gravy and a succulent sausage. I'm in heaven. I love that you leave the skin on too. Divine xx
ReplyDeleteI love potatoes too. That's a whole lot of butter though. delicious i am sure.
ReplyDeleteSuki, when I made them, I cut the butter down to 1/4 cup...
ReplyDeleteYou had me at one and a half sticks of butter.
ReplyDeleteYeaaaahhhhh, one and a half sticks of butter. Works for me.
ReplyDeleteLove mashed potatoes - creamy. Every time I make them I think of a girlfriend of many years who I haven't seen for at least 23 of them but we keep in touch. We were in my kitchen in the Middle East and I was mashing potatoes. She said her mother-in-law her told her to always warm the milk and never, ever to add cold milk to the potatoes! to this day I cannot mash potatoes without thinking of the two of them and I never warm the milk!
ReplyDeleteThem's some serious spuds ! Can we have seconds ???
ReplyDeleteBee, I never warm the milk...
ReplyDeleteOwen, absolutely...
ReplyDeleteThat sounds so delicious! It's gotten a bit chilly here as well, and I'm thinking where I can get some of that mashed potatoes :)
ReplyDeleteCheers,
Arnab Majumdar
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Bangers and mash, the ultimate comfort food.
ReplyDeleteThere's something special about old three pronged forks....There's also something special about MASH. I love mine VERY well puréed, with just cream, butter, garlic, olive oil, and salt. Heaven on a plate.
ReplyDeleteOccasionally we combine this with salt cod, or aligot cheese for an even greater pleasure. I'll have to try your sage version. Sounds good!
My stomach audibly growled when I opened this post.
ReplyDeleteYikes. They look so good!
Suddenly I feel rather peckish!
ReplyDeleteHey tater queen - send out your best pain-begone spell for my grandmother, will you? It looks like she's on her way to the next chapter, and needs all the help she can get. You are one of the strongest positive energies I know. Thanks, M.
ReplyDeleteSame heritage, same love. Thanks for a great recipe for my comfort food.
ReplyDeleteMarcheline...I'm sending an extra big dose of love and good thoughts for your dear grandmother...peace...
ReplyDeleteDon't ya love that ScotIrish DNA? mash potatoes sounds delightful!
ReplyDeleteMashed potatoes are my go to comfort food too...but I would feel too guilty to be comforted by them if I put one and a half sticks of butter in them:) Oh but it sounds so delicious!
ReplyDeleteOliag, like I said earlier, when I made this recipe, I cut the butter down to 1/4 cup...they were still delicious!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Tess. You've just helped three generations.
ReplyDeleteGosh, it looks and sounds delicious.
ReplyDeleteSage and potatoes! Love it... nom nom nom. Almost as much as I love Willow Manor recipes!
ReplyDeleteI'm doing it tonight!
ReplyDeleteYou're gonna love it, Cro...let me know what you think...
ReplyDeleteI was recently re-reading a biography of the Mitford sisters, and was amused to remember that Unity would eat almost nothing but mashed potatoes during her teenaged years. I've never been so lavish with the butter. (Husband is not supposed to eat butter.) I'm almost afraid to try it and discover that it is DELICIOUS.
ReplyDeleteWe are heading into summer here so it may have to wait - I too prefer mashed taters in autumn/winter - but I am SO eating this one come the cold...
ReplyDeleteJust caught up with you to see the yummy pic. As Weird Al's song says I'm addicted to spuds. And any way except raw, which hubby likes.
ReplyDeleteI was hungry before I read this, now I'm starving...
ReplyDeleteMashed potatoes are my favorite food, for the comfort and the taste. I don't need anything on my mashed potatoes when I make them with butter and a little milk. But...I must have lots of butter.
ReplyDeleteRecently I wrote an Ode to Real Butter. Funny but so true.