These creamy mashed potatoes use real fresh garlic, sauteed leeks in butter and sour cream for a rich side dish. The use of yellow potatoes, with their thin skin, means you don't need to peel them, saving time. But if you want creamier mashed spuds, feel free to peel the potatoes and use a little more cream in the recipe!
Course Side Dish
Cuisine American
Keyword garlic, leeks, mashed potatoes, side dish, thanksgiving
Prep Time 15 minutesminutes
Cook Time 15 minutesminutes
Total Time 30 minutesminutes
Servings 8
Calories 300kcal
Author Irvin
Ingredients
3poundsyellow flesh potatoeslike Yukon Gold
8medium cloves garlicpeeled
4teaspoonkosher saltdivided
1/2cupunsalted butter115 g or 1 stick
1large leekor 2 small leeks
1/2cupsour cream
3/4cupheavy creamadditional cream if you like your potatoes more loose
1teaspoonfresh ground pepper
Additional salt and pepper to taste
3tablespoonsmelted butter
Parsleychopped for garnish
Instructions
Clean and chop your potatoes into 1-inch chunks. If you like your mashed potatoes skinless, you can peel your potatoes beforehand but I find yellow flesh potatoes have a pretty thin skin, so I don’t bother to do that. Place the potatoes and the garlic cloves in a large stockpot and fill with water, so it covers the potatoes by 1-inch. Add 3 teaspoons of salt to the water and bring to a boil. Once boiling, lower heat to let the water simmer, and cook potatoes for 10 to 15 minutes, or until a fork pierces the potatoes easily.
While the potatoes cook, clean the leek by slicing it lengthwise and fanning them out under running water to remove the dirt and sand. Chop the white part and 1-inch of the green part of the leek. Add them to a pan with the butter and turn the heat to medium high. Cook the leeks until they soften and start to a look a little translucent, about 3 to 5 minutes. Remove from heat.
Once the potatoes are done, drain them in a colander, then place them back into the hot pan they cooked in.
Add the leeks (with all the melted butter), sour cream, heavy cream along with the remaining 1 teaspoon salt and pepper. Mash the potatoes with a potato masher and add more cream, salt and pepper to your own taste.
Scoop into a large serving bowl, drizzle with the melted butter and garnish with chopped parsley.