Mashed Potato, thanks for helping us get the right one!

[LeeJ]

So, dh agreed to a thermomix solely on the premise of having mashed spuds, no lumps, his biggest pet peeve (me, I like a nice lump in my mashed potato...). He has been happy enough with the results to date, but I've still been looking for the best way to do them.

Then I was reading a thread where Judy was talking about Nico's way, tried it, complete fail.
Until I realized I missed 1 vital step... boiled water at the start! I did it with cold...

Tonight, did them with boiled water. Well, By far the nicest ones so far, light and fluffy, and not 'gluggy' at all. WHipped for a whole minute on 4, just to make sure there were absolutely no lumps for dh. He is groaning in heaven now, with his smooth, creamy, fluffy mashed potato.

The other advantage is, I can pop a small amount in the bowl, and add rice milk and nuttelex, for ds. Then throw in dh's serve in. With the EDC way, I needed to do 2 separate lots, so 40 odd minutes...

Thanks for posting about the other way, as that is how I will do it from now on

[judydawn]

Good to hear LeeJ, got to keep those men happy 

[Kath]

Would someone mind linking to this discussion about Nico's mashed potato? I'm hit and miss with the EDC method.

Thanks! 

[judydawn]

Scroll down on this thread and you will find it Kath.

[LeeJ]

So this method is,
dice spuds (2cm dice), put in steamer basket in bowl, add 500gms of boiling water.
Set 20 mins, varoma, speed 3. (add other veg in varoma too!)
When finished, tip water out, put butterfly in bowl, add spuds, and whatever you add to spuds (everyone is different, us, its a bit of milk, cream and butter, with some salt), whip on speed 4, 20-60 seconds, until it reaches desired consistency.

I do a dash of milk, cream, and a tablespoon or so of butter. Just need to adjust to your own taste.

Lovely fluffy (not gluggy!) mashed potatoes.

[Bedlam]

JD, must thank you also. Tried your method tonight. Much nicer result.

[bluesed]

Another way of making mashed potatoes is using Hestom Blumenthals recipe.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/pommepuree_74822