Best Dutch Mashed Potatoes With Buttermilk Gravy Recipes

HOMEMADE MASHED POTATOES

Steps:

• Peel potatoes, and cut into 1-inch pieces. Bring cold water, potatoes, and 1 tsp. salt to a boil in a medium-size Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Reduce heat to medium-low. Cook potatoes for 16 to 20 minutes or until fork-tender and drain.
• Bring potatoes back to Dutch oven. Cook in Dutch oven until water evaporates and potatoes look dry. Mound potatoes on 1 side; add butter, half-and-half, cream cheese, ground pepper, and remaining 1 tsp. salt to opposite side of Dutch oven. Cook 1 to 2 minutes or until butter is melted and mixture boils.
• After removing from heat, beat at medium speed with a hand-held electric mixer 30 seconds to 1 minute or to desired degree of smoothness. Do not overbeat. Serve warm.

BUTTERMILK MASHED POTATOES

Steps:

• In a large pot, bring 4 quarts of water and 2 tablespoons salt to a boil.
• Meanwhile, peel the potatoes and cut them into 1-1/2" cubes.
• Add them to the boiling water and bring the water back to a boil.
• Lower the heat and simmer uncovered for 10-15 minutes, until the potatoes fall apart easily when pierced with a fork.
• Meanwhile, heat the whole milk (ONLY - don't be tempted to heat the buttermilk with the whole milk and cream; it will curdle) and butter in a small saucepan, making sure it doesn't boil.
• Set aside until the potatoes are done.
• As soon as the potatoes are tender, drain them in a colander.
• Place a food mill fitted with a small disk or blade over a heat-proof bowl.
• Pass the potatoes through the food mill, turning the handle back and forth.
• As soon as the potatoes are mashed, stir in the hot-milk-and-butter mixture with a rubber spatula.
• Add enough buttermilk to make the potatoes creamy.
• Add 2 teaspoons of salt and the pepper, or more to taste, and serve hot.
• To keep the potatoes warm, place the bowl over a pan of simmering water for up to 30 minutes.
• You can add a little extra hot milk to keep them creamy.
• Enjoy!
• The Barefoot Contessa served this with roast capon, green beans with shalotts, orange-honey glazed carrots and pumpkin mousse parfait.

BUTTERMILK MASHED POTATOES

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, combine the potatoes, water, broth and garlic. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 12-15 minutes or until potatoes are tender. , Meanwhile, in a small saucepan, heat buttermilk until warm. Drain potatoes and garlic; mash with buttermilk. Stir in the onions, salt and pepper.

BUTTERMILK MASHED POTATOES

Steps:

• In a large pot, bring 2 quarts of water and 1 tablespoon of salt to a boil. Meanwhile, peel the potatoes and cut them into 1 1/2-inch cubes. Add them to the boiling water and bring the water back to a boil. Lower the heat and simmer uncovered for 10 to 15 minutes, until the potatoes fall apart easily when pierced with a fork.
• Meanwhile, heat the milk and butter in a small saucepan, making sure it doesn't boil. Set aside until the potatoes are done.
• As soon as the potatoes are tender, drain them in a colander. Place a food mill fitted with a small disk/blade over a heatproof bowl. Pass the potatoes through the food mill, turning the handle back and forth. As soon as the potatoes are mashed, stir in the hot milk mixture with a whisk or rubber spatula. Add enough buttermilk to make the potatoes creamy. Add 1 teaspoon of salt and the pepper, and serve hot. To keep the potatoes warm, place the bowl over a pan of simmering water for up to 30 minutes. You can add a little extra hot milk to keep them creamy.

DUTCH MASHED POTATOES WITH BUTTERMILK GRAVY

Steps:

• 1. MASHED POTATOES: Peel the potatoes and cut 1-inch chunks and place potato chunks in a large saucepan add just enough water to barely cover them the potatoes. Bring to a boil. Add 1 tsp salt to the water, then lower the heat to medium and boil for about 15 to 20 minutes or until the potatoes can be easily pierced with a fork. Drain potatoes, and return potatoes to the same pan. Add the butter to the pan, and mash the potatoes until smooth, adding a little bit of warm milk at a time if the mashed potatoes are too dry.
• 2. Wash the escarole, rinse and cut into 1/2-inch strips, leaving out the bottom part of the leaves (as the white vein tends to be hard and bitter). Stir the chopped escarole , 1/2 tsp sale and nutmeg into the mashed potatoes
• 3. BUTTERMILK GRAVY: Fry the pork (or bacon) in a skillet for about 5 or 6 minutes or until the pork is lightly crisp. Remove the pork (or bacon) from the pan. Add the flour to the pork fat and stir constantly until a smooth gravy forms. Slowly add the buttermilk while stirring, and keep stirring until the pan sauce thickens, then stir the cooked pork back into the pan sauce.
• 4. TO SERVE: Spoon the Buttermilk-Bacon Sauce over the foeksandijvie. Foeksandijvie can be served in two different ways. It can be served on individual plates with a little bit of the gravy poured on top of each serving. Or it can be served family style in which all of the foeksandijvie is placed in the center of a platter with all of the sauce poured on top, and then individual portions are then scooped from the platter.