Garlic Mashed Potatoes with Smoked Gouda and Chives

Name: Garlic Mashed Potatoes with Smoked Gouda and Chives
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 1/4 teaspoons, table salt; , Ground black pepper; 4 ounces, smoked Gouda, grated (1 cup); 3 tablespoons, chopped fresh chives

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated September/October 2000

Cook the potatoes whole and in their skins, add the right dairy in the right order, and toast--don't roast--the garlic.

SERVES4

TIME1¼ hours

Garlic Mashed Potatoes with Smoked Gouda and Chives

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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