Garlic Mashed Potatoes

Name: Garlic Mashed Potatoes
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 22 cloves, garlic (small to medium-large, about 3 ounces, or 2/3 cup), from 2 medium heads garlic, skins left on; 2 pounds, potatoes, unpeeled and scrubbed; 8 tablespoons, unsalted butter (1 stick), melted; 1 cup, half-and-half, (warm); 1 1/2 teaspoons, table salt; , Ground black pepper

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated September/October 2000

Side Dishes

Potatoes

Vegetarian

SERVES4

TIME1 hour

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Cooking the potatoes in their skins and peeling them after cooking for rich, earthy flavor was the first step toward our ultimate garlic mashed potatoes recipe. For richness and great garlic flavor, we used plenty of melted butter, stirred ...

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