Mashed potatoes are a beloved comfort food known for their creamy and fluffy texture. While traditional recipes often incorporate butter, milk, and herbs, this article introduces a unique twist on the classic dish: mint mashed potatoes. This innovative recipe adds a refreshing and aromatic element to the traditional mashed potatoes, creating a dish that is both flavorful and visually appealing. The addition of mint not only enhances the taste but also adds a vibrant green color that is sure to impress guests.
Here are our top 11 tried and tested recipes!
MASHED NEW POTATOES WITH FRESH MINT
Steps:
- Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add the potatoes and cook, uncovered, for about 20 minutes, until the potatoes are fork tender. Drain the potatoes and put them in a mixing bowl while they are still nice and hot. Add the chopped mint and mash so the potatoes are chunky and green in spots. Fold in the butter and stir everything together so the butter melts. Drizzle with the olive oil and season with a healthy amount of salt and pepper.
MINT-PEAS MASHED POTATOES
From Marie-Josée Taillefer. I haven't try it but I think it's delicious and healty because of the green.
Provided by Boomette
Categories Potato
Time 30m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Boil potatoes in salted water until tender when pierced.
- Drain, return them to the pot, cover and let dry a few minutes.
- In a little saucepan, heat the milk with peas and mint.
- Mash the potatoes then add the mixture of peas and butter, to obtain a creamy consistency. Add salt and pepper if you want. And serve.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 314.5, Fat 13, SaturatedFat 8.1, Cholesterol 34.8, Sodium 167.6, Carbohydrate 43.8, Fiber 6.7, Sugar 3.3, Protein 7.4
MINT MASHED POTATOES
All it takes is one bunch of mint to liven up humdrum mashed potatoes.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Healthy Recipes Vegetarian Recipes
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Cut potatoes into eighths, and place in a small stockpot. Add the milk, salt, and all but about 3 mint sprigs. Place over high heat, and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to medium high, and gently boil the potatoes, stirring occasionally, until tender, 15 to 20 minutes.
- Remove potatoes from the heat. Remove and discard the mint sprigs, and drain potatoes in a colander reserving about 2/3 cup milk. Pass the potatoes through a food mill or potato ricer into a large bowl. Add butter and reserved milk; season to taste with salt and pepper, and mix thoroughly to combine. Pick the leaves from remaining mint sprigs, slice into thin ribbons, and stir into the mashed potatoes. Serve immediately.
NEW POTATOES WITH MINT
Provided by Food Network
Time 25m
Yield 4 to 5 servings
Number Of Ingredients 4
Steps:
- Bring the water to a boil. Scrub the potatoes. Add the salt and a sprig of mint to the water, and then add the potatoes. Cover the saucepan, bring back to the boil, and cook for 15 to 25 minutes, depending on size.
- Drain and serve immediately in a hot serving dish.
POTATOES, PEAS, AND MINT
Baby potatoes get a coating of mashed peas and mint that brings out their inner earthiness.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Salad Recipes
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Cook potatoes in a pot of boiling water until easily pierced with a fork, 11 to 14 minutes; drain. Halve potatoes. Meanwhile, simmer peas in a saucepan of water until tender, about 4 minutes; drain, reserving 1/4 cup cooking liquid. Crush peas with 1 tablespoon olive oil and 2 tablespoons reserved cooking liquid using a fork. Gradually stir in remaining 2 tablespoons cooking liquid until mixture is thick and chunky. Toss potatoes with pea mixture, mint, salt, and some pepper. Drizzle with additional tablespoon oil.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 145 g, Fat 4 g, Fiber 4 g, Protein 4 g, Sodium 231 g
LAMB MEATBALLS WITH FRESH MINT & CHEESY MASHED POTATOES
Celebrate spring with easy lamb meatballs made with fresh mint and cilantro. Serve them with cheesy mashed potatoes to keep the comfort-food quotient high.
Provided by My Food and Family
Categories Lamb
Time 35m
Yield 8 servings
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Bring salsa and 2 cups water to boil in large saucepan, stirring occasionally.
- Meanwhile, mix stuffing mix, meat, onions, eggs, mint, cilantro, garlic and remaining water in large bowl. Shape into 24 balls, about 1/4 cup each. Drop meatballs gently into boiling salsa mixture; cover.
- Simmer on medium heat 18 to 20 min. or until meatballs are cooked through (165°F).
- Stir cheese into mashed potatoes just before serving. Top potatoes with hot meatballs.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 490, Fat 23 g, SaturatedFat 10 g, TransFat 0 g, Cholesterol 140 mg, Sodium 1170 mg, Carbohydrate 42 g, Fiber 4 g, Sugar 4 g, Protein 30 g
LAMB CHOPS WITH MINT PESTO AND MUSTARD MASHED POTATOES
This is your complete meal here and it sounds wonderful. I haven't tried it yet, but just thinking about it has me putting it to the top of my "need to cook" list. This is from a book about roasting meats...
Provided by CaliforniaJan
Categories Lamb/Sheep
Time 50m
Yield 2 chops per person, 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
- In large saucepan, combine potatoes with salted water to cover by 3 inches. Place over high heat; bring to a boil, and cook until tender when pierced with a knife, about 30 minutes.
- When potatoes are cooking, make mint pesto: In food processor, combine mint, pine nuts, cheese, and lemon juice and process until roughly chopped. Add oil and puree until smooth. Transfer to a covered container and refrigerate until needed.
- Using dampened kitchen string, tie each lamb chop to hold tail in place, curled into the chop, pinwheel-like. Place chops in roasting pan just large enough to accommodate them in single layer and season with slat and pepper. Drizzle oil evenly over chops.
- Place lamb in oven and roast for 10 minutes. Reduce heat to 300 degrees F and conti8nue roasting until thermometer inserted into thickest part away from bone registers 150 degrees F for medium, about 10 minutes longer. Remove lamb to warmed platter, cover loosely with foil, and let rest for 5 minutes.
- When potatoes are ready, drain and, when just cool enough to handle, peel, place in bowl, and mash. Return potatoes to saucepan and add butter, cream, mustard, and garlic. Season with salt and pepper, place over medium heat and stir until mixture is heated through. Spoon bed of mashed potatoes on each warmed dinner plate, top with 2 lamb chops, and place a spoonful of mint pesto on the side.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 1214, Fat 97.6, SaturatedFat 40.7, Cholesterol 210.2, Sodium 585.2, Carbohydrate 42.5, Fiber 6.1, Sugar 3.1, Protein 43.1
ULTIMATE MASHED POTATOES RECIPE BY TASTY
Who doesn't love potatoes? I mean, come on. Fry 'em, dice 'em, slice 'em, or bake 'em, there's nothing better than a well-seasoned iteration of a potato. This time, we're mashing 'em. And not only are we mashing them, we're loading 'em up with all sorts of tantalizing flavors to give you, what we proudly call, the Ultimate Mashed Potato. It's an experience, trust us.
Provided by Jody Tixier
Categories Sides
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- On a cutting board, peel the potatoes. Place the potatoes in a large bowl of cold water after peeling to avoid discoloration.
- Cut the potatoes into 1-inch (2 cm) cubes.
- Add the potatoes to a large pot and cover with cold water. Bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce the heat to low and simmer for 12 minutes.
- In a small saucepan, bring the milk, heavy cream, and garlic to a simmer over low heat.
- Remove the pot from the heat and strain the cream through a fine mesh sieve.
- Drain the potatoes in a colander and transfer back to the pot.
- Mash the potatoes with a potato masher, potato ricer, or by pushing through a fine mesh sieve with a spatula.
- Add the cubed cold butter and salt. Stir to combine.
- Gradually add the cream mixture to the potatoes, little by little, until fully incorporated.
- Top with freshly ground black pepper and sprinkle with chives and serve.
- Enjoy!
Nutrition Facts : Calories 520 calories, Carbohydrate 47 grams, Fat 36 grams, Fiber 4 grams, Protein 6 grams, Sugar 4 grams
PEPPERMINT POTATO CANDY
No one will suspect that these quick minty candies started with yesterday's mashed potatoes. Our taste-testing panelists couldn't get enough of the chocolate-covered sweets that were submitted by Cindy Reams from Philipsburg, Pennsylvania.
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Desserts
Time 15m
Yield about 2-3/4 pounds.
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- In a large bowl, beat the mashed potatoes, butter and extract until blended. Gradually beat in confectioners' sugar. Press into a foil-lined 13-in. x 9-in. pan., In a microwave, melt chocolate chips and shortening; stir until smooth. Spread over potato mixture. Cover and refrigerate until set. Using foil, lift candy out of pan. Discard foil; cut candy into 1-in. squares. Store in an airtight container.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 271 calories, Fat 6g fat (3g saturated fat), Cholesterol 1mg cholesterol, Sodium 8mg sodium, Carbohydrate 56g carbohydrate (51g sugars, Fiber 1g fiber), Protein 1g protein.
MASHED POTATOES WITH CHIVES
This is about as simple as it gets: classically prepared mashed potatoes - just potatoes, milk, butter and salt - get a generous handful of pretty chives stirred in. Be sure to add plenty of salt, and taste as you go; good mashed potatoes rely on it.
Provided by Pierre Franey
Categories easy, weekday, side dish
Time 30m
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- Peel the potatoes and cut them into 2-inch cubes.
- Put the potatoes in a saucepan and cover with water. Add salt and bring to a boil. Simmer 20 minutes or until the potatoes are tender. Do not overcook them.
- Meanwhile, heat the milk until it is hot.
- Drain the potatoes and put them through a food mill or ricer or mash them well with a potato masher. Return them to the saucepan. Using a wooden spatula, add the butter and chives and blend well. Mix in the milk and keep warm until ready to serve.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 274, UnsaturatedFat 4 grams, Carbohydrate 34 grams, Fat 14 grams, Fiber 2 grams, Protein 6 grams, SaturatedFat 8 grams, Sodium 577 milligrams, Sugar 4 grams, TransFat 0 grams
LEMONY MASHED POTATOES WITH ASPARAGUS, ALMONDS AND MINT
Sautéing asparagus in butter and oil, rather than boiling it in water, locks much of the flavor inside. The asparagus could be served without the lemony mashed potatoes, or the other way around, but together they make a glorious side dish to roasted chicken, fish or spring lamb. Alternatively, adding a poached egg or two to each plate will turn this into a substantial vegetarian meal.
Provided by Yotam Ottolenghi
Categories brunch, dinner, lunch, vegetables, main course, side dish
Time 35m
Yield 6 side-dish servings
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- Using a peeler, remove the yellow zest from the lemon in large strips. Cut the peeled lemon into six wedges and reserve for serving.
- Fill a medium saucepan with salted water, add the lemon zest, mint sprigs and garlic, and bring to a boil over high heat. Add potatoes and boil for 15 minutes, or until cooked through.
- Drain well. Return potatoes, lemon zest and garlic to the pan, discarding the mint sprigs. Add butter, milk, sour cream (soured cream) and 3/4 teaspoon salt and mash until smooth and creamy. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Cover and set aside until ready to serve.
- Meanwhile, cook the asparagus: In a large skillet, melt the butter and oil over medium-high heat until foaming. Add asparagus and cook, turning frequently, until cooked through but retaining a slight bite, 5 to 8 minutes, depending on thickness. Turn off the heat and use tongs to transfer asparagus to a plate. Add the anchovy, garlic and a pinch of salt to the pan, return to medium heat, and stir continuously until the garlic is starting to turn gold, 1 to 2 minutes. Remove from the heat, stir in almonds and dried mint, and immediately spoon the mixture into a bowl to stop the cooking.
- Divide potatoes on serving plates. Top with the asparagus and spoon the buttered almond mixture over the top. Serve at once with a sprinkle of fresh mint and the lemon wedges alongside.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 389, UnsaturatedFat 14 grams, Carbohydrate 31 grams, Fat 27 grams, Fiber 7 grams, Protein 10 grams, SaturatedFat 11 grams, Sodium 767 milligrams, Sugar 5 grams, TransFat 0 grams
Tips:
- For a smoother texture, use a ricer to mash the potatoes.
- If you don't have a ricer, use a potato masher and mash the potatoes until they are very smooth.
- Add the milk and butter gradually, and stir constantly, until the potatoes are creamy and smooth.
- Season the potatoes with salt, pepper, and garlic powder to taste.
- For a more flavorful dish, add some chopped fresh herbs, such as chives, parsley, or thyme.
- If you are using leftover mashed potatoes, reheat them gently over low heat, stirring frequently.
Conclusion:
Mint mashed potatoes are a delicious and versatile side dish that can be served with a variety of main courses. They are easy to make and can be tailored to your own taste preferences. Whether you like them smooth or chunky, creamy or garlicky, mint mashed potatoes are sure to be a hit at your next meal.
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