Potato Snow
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Choose white potatoes that are free from spots.
Cook and serve
Boil the potatoes in salted water until tender.
Drain and mash the potatoes until smooth.
Serve immediately as a fluffy side dish.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
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What each ingredient does
- White potatoes
- Form the main body of the dish, and their starch gives the mash its fluffy, smooth texture.
The step that matters
Mash the potatoes until smooth. Overworking cooked potatoes releases more starch and makes the mash gluey, while thorough draining keeps excess water from thinning it. Mashing while they are still hot gives the smoothest result.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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