Best potatoes for mashed potatoes

what are the best kind of potatoes to use for mashing?

i thought I read somewhere that yukon gold was a good potatoe to use, but i cant recall.

and please post your recipes for them..b/c i think making them with just milk and butter is so bland.

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Yes, yukon gold for sure! I don't have an exact recipe. Just warm milk or cream, lots of butter, salt, pepper, sometimes some sour cream or cream cheese. Tyler Florence has a good recipe with a little different flavor.

4 pounds golden creamer potatoes peeled and cut into quarters
1 bay leaf
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
2 cups heavy cream
3 tablespoons unsalted butter
2 tablespoons chopped chives

Directions
Put the potatoes into a large pot, add the bay leaf, 2 tablespoons salt, and cover with cold water. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat and cook until the potatoes are tender, about 20 minutes. Drain them well and remove the bay leaf. Meanwhile, heat the cream and butter in a small saucepan. Put the potatoes through a ricer or food mill into a bowl. Add the hot cream and season with salt and pepper. Mix together with a spoon and add the chives.

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I use the yukon gold.

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yukon gold is good, all purpose potatoes, I used baby red potatoes and do not peel them.
I add milk, unsalted butter, fresh pepper, salt and roasted garlic.

twice baked I even add sourcream or something.

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personally i like the red potatoes. but yukon potatoes work just as well.

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i either use yukon. or red potatoes. (unpealed)depending on what im in the mood for.

i dont really have a recipe. but i ALWAYS taste my food before it hits the table.

but the ingredients i use are butter. heavy cream. salt. pepper. and even some olive oil. the texture is SOOOOOO awesome when its done.it makes it really whipped. but i just keep adding a little of each of the ingredients until i like how it tastes. also. i boil my potatoes until they are almost mush in the water. that way i get NO lumps. HTH

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I add a Tablespoon of mayo at the end, it's my family's secret to mashed potatoes.

Message edited 11/18/2010 7:26:23 AM.

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I used Yukon or Red!

ETA: i usually add sour cream, sometimes i warm chopped garlic in the butter before adding the tots back to the pot and make my garlic mashed that way!

I have been wanting to try the cream cheese thing!

Message edited 11/18/2010 12:57:32 PM.

Re: Best potatoes for mashed potatoes

Yukons mostly.

add cheese for more yumminess.

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Can you get Maris Pipers? They are the best for everything!

My secret is a big dollop of Philadelphia Cream Cheese, and use HOT milk, never cold. Oh and of course, lots of butter!

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russet or yukon golds. I also enjoy red potatoes with the skin on for mashed potatoes, but for thanksgiving, keep it traditional and go with yukons or the russets.

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yukon gold

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