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Potato-and-Cheese Purée

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Potato-and-Cheese Purée

Potato-and-Cheese Purée

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Equipment

  • Blender - A tool for pureeing potatoes and cheese smoothly.

  • Chef's Knife - Versatile kitchen knife for peeling, chopping, or dicing ingredients with precision.

  • Potato Peeler - Designed to efficiently remove potato skins.

  • Large Cooking Pot (6-quart) - Used to boil potatoes until tender.

  • Stainless Steel Colander - For draining boiled potatoes and removing excess water from the puree.

  • Immersion Blender - Useful for blending ingredients directly in their cooking vessel without transferring hot liquids.

  • Cheese Grater (Fine Shredder) - To evenly shred cheese before adding it to potatoes.

  • Food Scraper or Spatula - For scraping out every bit of ingredients from pots and pans without waste.

  • Silicone Whisk - Useful for thoroughly mixing ingredients prior to pureeing.

  • Measuring Cups & Spoons - Ensure accurate measurements for potatoes and cheese balance.

  • Glass Jar with Lid (Optional) - Storing leftover puree without adding unwanted flavors or chemicals.

Ingredients

  • 2 pounds Yukon Gold potatoes (6 medium)

  • 4 garlic cloves

  • 1 1/4 teaspoons salt

  • 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened

  • 3/4 cup whole milk

  • 3/4 pound Cantal or Gruyère cheese, coarsely grated on large holes of a box grater (5 cups)

  • 1/2 teaspoon black pepper

  • 2/3 cup chilled heavy cream

  • 2 tablespoons drained bottled horseradish

  • a potato ricer or a food mill fitted with medium disk; 1 (2-quart) ceramic or metal shallow baking dish or 6 (1-cup) shallow gratin dishes

Instructions

1

Instruction 1

Cover potatoes with salted water > by 2 inches in a 4- to 5-quart heavy pot and simmer until very tender, about 40 minutes. Drain in a colander.
2

Instruction 2

Mince garlic and mash to a paste with 1 teaspoon salt using side of a large heavy knife.
3

Instruction 3

When potatoes are cool enough to handle when held in a kitchen towel, peel and force through ricer into cleaned saucepan. Add butter, garlic paste, and milk and cook over moderately low heat, stirring vigorously with a wooden spoon, until fluffy and heated through, about 2 minutes. Add cheese and pepper and cook, stirring vigorously with a heatproof rubber spatula or wooden spoon, until cheese is melted, smooth, and almost taffylike, about 10 minutes.
4

Instruction 4

Preheat broiler. Butter baking dish. (If using 6 individual gratin dishes, butter and put on a baking sheet.)
5

Instruction 5

Transfer potato mixture to baking dish, smoothing top.
6

Instruction 6

Beat cream in a bowl with an electric mixer until it holds soft peaks, then beat in horseradish and remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt. Spread horseradish cream over potato mixture and broil 4 to 5 inches from heat, rotating gratin if it isn't browning evenly, until golden, 1 to 2 minutes.
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