Olive Oil Mashed Potatoes

Warm garlic oil instead of butter and cream. Silkier than you expect.

⏱ 35 min · easy · 🍽 serves 4

Ingredients

• 3 lb Yukon Gold potatoes, peeled and quartered
• 2/3 cup good olive oil
• 6 garlic cloves, smashed
• 2 sprigs rosemary
• 1/2 cup starchy potato water
• 2 tsp kosher salt
• Black pepper

Steps

1. Boil the potatoes in salted water until a knife slides through, 18-20 minutes.
2. While they cook, warm the oil gently with the garlic and rosemary for 10 minutes. Do not let it fry. Strain.
3. Reserve half a cup of the cooking water before draining, then let the potatoes steam dry 2 minutes.
4. Rice or mash them, then beat in the warm garlic oil in a stream.
5. Loosen with the potato water until silky and season hard.