Appears in Cook's Illustrated May/June 2006, America's Test Kitchen TV
We loved the idea of adding extra-virgin olive oil and garlic to our mashed potatoes—but not the harsh flavors and pasty texture.
To prevent the flavor of garlic from overpowering the potatoes in our garlic and olive oil mashed potato recipe, we created a mild flavor base by slowly cooking minced garlic in oil, then heightened the garlic flavor just a bit by adding 1 ...