Mashed Potatoes

servings
Makes 4.5 kg (10 pounds) to serve a crew
prep time
15 minutes
cook time
30 minutes
Close-up of creamy mashed potatoes garnished with herbs

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Ingredients

  • •4.5 kg (10 pounds) potatoes, peeled and quartered
  • •1.1 kg (2½ pounds) butter, cubed
  • •591 ml (2½ cups) hot milk
  • •75 ml (5 tablespoons) salt
  • •20 ml (1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon) ground black pepper

Preparation

  1. Simmer potatoes until tender.

  2. Run potatoes through the medium blade of a food mill.

  3. Using a potato masher, mix in the remaining ingredients. May be refrigerated for up to three days.

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About the author

Ben Hasty, a graduate of the Atlantic Culinary Academy in Dover, New Hampshire, was just 20 when he started his externship with Thomas Keller at the influential Napa Valley, California, restaurant The French Laundry. He went on to work at other highly-acclaimed restaurants in New Hampshire, Maine, and Boston. He is now Executive Chef at the Atlantic Grill in Rye, New Hampshire. Hasty’s focus is using the bounty of seasonal local ingredients, including from his family farm, Breezy Hill.

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Ben Hasty

Ben Hasty

Ben Hasty is Executive Chef at the Atlantic Grill in Rye, New Hampshire. His focus is on using the bounty of the best seasonal local ingredients.

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