Mashed potatoes with cheese and sour cream
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We’re a potato chip loving family. It’s a weakness, really. While I prefer plain salted potato chips, my younger daughter, Alex, loves all flavors with sour cream — sour cream and onion, sour cream and cheese, sour cream and garlic… And we’re all mashed potatoes addicts too. So, I was thinking… Is it possible to use potato chip flavors to make mashed potatoes? I’ve made a lot of variations with my mashed potatoes, mostly by adding different combinations of herbs and spices. But what about sour cream and cheese flavored mashed potatoes? The experiment started months ago when I was finishing my Tastebook (have you ordered already?) and, tonight, the culmination of those experiments.
This recipe starts at the middle. Meaning, there is the presumption that you have prepared the basic thing — boiled potatoes mashed, mixed with butter and seasoned with salt and pepper.
To the basic mixture, add some grated cheese. How much? That depends on what kind of cheese you’re using (sharp or mild flavored?) and how much mashed potatoes you have. We had a kilo and a half of mashed potatoes mixed with 1/4 cup of butter and to that we added about half a cup of grated sharp cheddar cheese. We? Yes, well, my husband grated the cheese while I took photos. Tonight’s mashed potato dish was a collaboration.
When he was done grating the cheese, I added about 3/4 teaspoonful of dried tarragon. Why tarragon? Because tarragon is sweet. I figured it would be a nice blend to the sour cream and the sharp saltiness of the cheddar cheese. Why dried? I ran out of fresh.
I also added about a tablespoonful of toasted minced onion. The dried kind you can buy in bottles.
That one in the photo above. Why not fresh? Ah, I have a good reason for that. Moisture. I wanted the onion flavor but not the moisture which might ruin the texture of the mashed potatoes. What’s that on the foreground? Ah, T-bone steaks. We grilled them.
Then, I poured in 3/4 cup of sour cream. My husband did the stirring. I was the paparazzo.
He just stirred until all of the sour cream was absorbed. At this point, the mashed potatoes were still too stiff. And we like our mashed potatoes to be really mushy, so…
I added more sour cream. Another 1/4 cup…
More stirring… Another 1/4 cup of sour cream… Are you counting? That’s a total of a cup and a quarter of sour cream for a kilo and a half of mashed potatoes.
And we finally got the consistency we wanted.
Then, the T-bone steaks were grilled, about four minutes per side.
And dinner was served. And a lovely dinner it was too.
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hi connie,
i couldn’t help noticing but did you deliberately sliced off the meat from the other side of the T-bone or it wasn’t there to begin with? Sayang naman if that’s the case =( the meat on the other side is a lot tender than the ‘main meat’…sorry if i’m sounding a bit anal here but it’s really ’sayang’! haha!
i have to agree..i love mash potato with sour cream and i eat that quite often =)
Wow! Good meal! ang hubby ko nagutom when we saw ur site. actually, mashed potatoe ang niluto nya una kong natikman na luto nya hehe he added milk and a little minced garlic. masarap naman!! he tells me next time he will try with sour cream ako nga lang taga peel ng potatoes! well, basta team work mas lalong sasarap!
thanks again for the yummy and nakakagutom na recipe!!
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Ellen, that was how how I bought it. Probably why it was 50% off.
Maruh, nice gravatar. Now, I can see who I’m chatting with.
Hi, Connie. I am new here (2 weeks ako) and love your sites. I was in National Bookstore and was looking for your book. Is it available in the bookstores?
Zena, it can only be ordered online. I’m working on a second one though and, hopefully, that will be available in bookstores.
hi connie,
i’m addicted to your food blog. i will try making your recipes once i have the time. i’m just pretty busy at the moment. i think i’ll start with this mashed potato then baked macaroni and the cassava cake. they’re my daughter’s favorites and they looked so yummy on the photos. it must be wonderful to live in household with a person like you who always whips up gastronomic delights! will you adopt us? hehehe. anyway, where can i get a copy of your cookbook? is it available in local bookstores? i’d really want to get a copy. thanks.
Ana
Ana, the tastebook is only available for order online. Re “will you adopt us?” You’ll have to compete with my daughters’ classmates hehehehe
hmmmm, i just love mashed potatoes!
hello miss connie, That mashed potatoes look tasty,I can’t wait to try it out myself. Is there any sauce in particular I can pair up with these potatoes?Thank you very much for this site. I just simply love it.
Hi Ms. Connie,
Thanks for so many wonderful unique recipes. How about adding roasted garlic on this mashed potatoes?
Christine, I’m not really fond of pouring anything over my mashed potatoes so I can’t make suggestions.
Jo, I’ve done that and it’s great! That version is in my Tastebook.
hi ms. connie! just want to ask where u buy ur t-bone steaks? my hubby is a total steak lover but i rarely make it for him because i’m still intimidated… usually buy rib-eye from monterey but it ends up quite tough… hay…. would like to try this t-bone/mashed potato combo for him soon…
From Shopwise, mostly, Shawie, but it’s hit-and-miss, unfortunately. Sometimes, the quality of the beef is good; other times, you just want to dump it down the trash can LOL
hi ms connie! i am curious as to where i could by sour cream? does it come in a can? sorry im a newbie hehehe thanks
In a tub. Cold section of supermarkets. Somewhere near the yogurt.
Hi Ms. Connie! I would just like to ask, pwede po ba itong recipe na ito for your croquettes?
Sure!