Mashed Potatoes with Smoked Cheddar and Grainy Mustard

Name: Mashed Potatoes with Smoked Cheddar and Grainy Mustard
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 2 pounds, russet potatoes, unpeeled and scrubbed; 8 tablespoons, unsalted butter (1 stick), melted; 1 1/4 teaspoons, table salt; 1/2 teaspoon, ground black pepper; 1 cup, half-and-half, warm; 2 tablespoons, grainy mustard; 3 ounces, smoked cheddar cheese, grated (1 cup)

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated January/February 2003

Simple but bold flavor combinations breathe new life into this classic

SERVES4

Mashed Potatoes with Smoked Cheddar and Grainy Mustard

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

When it comes to mashed potatoes, most cooks worry so much about getting the texture right that they forget about the flavor. Butter and half-and-half make for mashed potatoes that are rich tasting but not terribly exciting. Our goal was to...

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