Mashed potatoes are a beautiful thing. They taste great, are comforting and also are very easy to put together. However, like many classic dishes, this one is often poorly prepared. And as far as instant potatoes go..don’t get me started. Well, the following is Organic Garlic Mashed Potatoes done right. It uses Russet (aka Idaho or Baking) Potatoes because [...click to contimue reading...]
A Potato Ricer is used to produce very smooth mashed potatoes. It works simply by forcing the rough cooked potatoes through small holes in the bottom plate (about the size of a grain of rice). In the process of being forced through these small openings the chunkiness in the rough cooked potatoes is broken down. This results [...click to contimue reading...]
A wire strainer is used to separate solids from the base liquid. Usually, the liquid is thin enough to allow simple pouring through the strainer. However, for some thick sauces, the liquid needs a bit of a push using the back end of a wooden spoon.