Boiled garlic is very digestible and has a pleasant flavor. When paired with potatoes, butter and sour cream, well it becomes down right heavenly.
From a medicinal point of view, cooked garlic is not as effective as when it is consumed raw, but from what I have read, it does retain many of its disease fighting properties, including lowering blood pressure.
This recipe for garlic mashed potatoes is a real tasty way to start incorporating more of this healthy food into your diet.
Garlic Mashed Potatoes
4 very large Yukon Gold potatoes or potato of your choice
4 cloves fresh garlic
1 tablespoon butter
4 tablespoons sour cream
Salt and pepper to taste
Peel and quarter potatoes. Put into a pot with the garlic cloves and cover with cold water. Bring to a boil, and then simmer until potatoes are tender.
Drain the water from the pot leaving the potatoes and garlic in the pot. Add the butter and sour cream. Mash the potatoes until well broken up. Then using a hand mixer beat the potato mixture until smooth and creamy. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Serve with your favorite dish.
Garlic Mashed Potatoes served with Oxtail casserole
Enjoy!
Good Day and Good Eats!
These look perfect! Look nice and fluffy
Thanks Casey! They tasted as perfect as they looked. I am eagerly awaiting dinner tonight when we will be finishing up the leftovers!
I LOVE garlicky mash…Mind you I love garlic anything hehe xx
Was talking about how to make the potatoes with our baked or BBQ salmon for friends in the next day or two, and you just answered my prayers!
Can’t believe that I never put garlic in my mash! Will rectify that ASAP.
Mandy
Pairing oxtail casserole with mashed potatoes is always a hit and with going back home to very cold weather, I am looking forward to a meal just like this.
Oh yum. i bought a potato ricer last year, best kitchen gadget ever.
garlic and mashed potatoes, yes please, I could eat all day long