Easy Mashed Potatoes with Bacon, Blue Cheese, and Scallions

Name: Easy Mashed Potatoes with Bacon, Blue Cheese, and Scallions
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 2 pounds, Yukon Gold potatoes, peeled and sliced 1/2 inch thick; , Salt and pepper; 3 slices, bacon, cut into 1/2-inch pieces; 3/4 cup, half-and-half; 6 tablespoons, unsalted butter; 1 ounce, blue cheese, crumbled (1/4 cup); 2 , scallions, sliced thin

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Appears in Cook's Country October/November 2017

Side Dishes

Potatoes

Pork

For a tribute to the loaded baked potato, we stirred in crispy bacon, crumbled blue cheese, and sliced scallions to classic mashed potatoes.

SERVES4

TIME40 minutes

Easy Mashed Potatoes with Bacon, Blue Cheese, and Scallions

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

For an easy, creamy mash, we started by cooking sliced Yukon Gold potatoes in well-seasoned water. We used half-and-half because it is richer than milk but not as decadent as heavy cream. Microwaving the half-and-half with the butter before...

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