Super creamy mashed potatoes mixed with 2 heads of roasted garlic, sour cream, cream cheese, kosher salt and butter. No lack of flavor here! Serve with or without gravy.
With a sharp knife cut the very top off the heads of garlic, exposing the tops of the garlic cloves inside. Place each head in it's own piece of foil and drizzle with a little olive oil and sprinkle with kosher salt.
2 full heads of garlic, 2 teaspoon olive oil
Wrap the foil over the garlic so it is a in a tight pouch.
Place in the oven for about 30-40 minutes.
Unwrap the garlic and when it is cool enough to handle squeeze all the garlic from the wrappers into a bowl. Make sure none of the wrappers came out with the garlic.
Mash with a fork and set aside to be used with the potatoes.
Potatoes
In a large pot add all your peeled and cut potatoes. Pour enough cool water over the potatoes until it covers them by about 2 inches. Add in 1 ½ teaspoon of the kosher salt.
3 lbs. russet potatoes, 7-8 cups cool water
Place the pot on the stove over medium heat. Let it simmer for about 40 minutes until the potatoes are completely fork tender, but not falling apart.
Test a larger potato by piercing it with a fork, you shouldn't meet any resistance. If you do add another 5 minutes to the cooking time.
Drain the potatoes through a colander and then place them back in the pot or in a mixing bowl.
Assembly-Mashing
HAND HELD MIXER: In a bowl or the pot your cooked the potatoes in (if stainless steel) add the cooked potatoes, 1 ½ teaspoon kosher salt, butter, milk, sour cream, cream cheese, raw garlic and roasted garlic. Mash and mix with an electric hand held mixer.
4 tablespoon salted butter, ¼ cup milk, 4 oz full fat cream cheese, ½ cup full fat sour cream, 1 small clove of garlic
Taste the potatoes and see if you would like more kosher salt added at this point, (most times I add another pinch or two!!)
POTATO RICER: Alternately you can run the potatoes through a potato ricer, then stir in the 1 ½ teaspoon kosher salt, butter, milk, sour cream, cream cheese, raw garlic, and roasted garlic.
Notes
Use 2 heads of garlic about the size of ping pong balls. If you have really large garlic you can just use one head of garlic. Of course, add as much garlic as your heart desires.