Mashed Potato

[blue2]

Hi

Does anyone have any ideas to 'jazz up' mash potato?

Thanks

[ClaireRose]

Mash potato is pretty plain but there's loads of things you could do to make it more interesting. You could either add cheese to it when stirring it to make it cheesy mash, or if it is for a child, you could cut peices of sausage sticking out of it and gravy round it like an island, or you could simply mix it up with ketchup! All of those things I have tried and really make Mash Potato so much better!

[mccfluff]

try adding a bit of whole grain mustard or garlic. i like spring onions in mine with a bit of cheese on top

[Cetti]

Adding fresh herbs makes it look and taste a lot more appealing. I particularly like finely chopped Chives or Parsley.

A great topping for Shepherd's Pie is a couple of chopped and softened Leeks added to the mash with a grating of strong cheese - courtesy of Delia. It's gorgeous and elevates a simple dish into something a bit special.

[skyep]

blue2 - Try adding garlic butter or fried onions.

[scoobysoo]

Philadelphia with garlic and herbs, tuna with cheese and red onion and baked beans.

[YvonneM]

Parmasen cheese or celery salt

[hammerman]

I throw loads in mine....finely chopped onion, garlic, corriander, grain mustard and lemon juice.

Cream cheese or grated cheese goes in too and i often mix the spuds with butter and cream

[hammerman]

oh....apple sauce is good too....appley mash is luverly !!!

[naz_nomad]

I'd go with mccfluff ... whole-grain mustard

[scubadiver]

Use small new potatos (eg Jerseys) which still have their skins on. Once boiled, crush them roughly, leaving loads of lumps in. At the same time fry up some chopped garlic in some olive oil and mix this through the potatos - mmnn lovely!

[Rock'n'Roll]

English mustard and garlic. You could mash some beetroot in for a pretty colour,last suggestions just a guess

[Alibobs]

Finely shred some cabbage, fry in butter and add into the spuds with some chopped spring oninons

[nickmo]

Cook the potato with a ham hough or some bacon in the water for a meaty flavour. Cook for 10 mins then add the tatties. Drain and save the water 7 meat for a soup.

Make mash with sour cream. Make with olive oil or infused oilve oil - chili, hebs, garlic etc.

Add some chopped herbs, add rosemary (spairingly as its strong), add some stock powder to the mash, add gravy granules, add sauerkraut, add finely sliced fried cabbage - red, white or green variety, add a mix of other cooked veg - carrot, swede, turnip.

Use sweet potato instead, or yam or celeriac.

Keep the skin on to retain the vitamins and minerals - boiling reaaly reduces the goodness. Cut the potato into small chunks to cook if mashing in the skin.

Add horseradish, add grated cheese, add chipotle chili for a smoky flavour, add finely diced cooked smoky bacon or some cooked sausage meat, onion and gravy- and call it stovies . .

Make too many for one serving and use the rest for a breakfast fry, or make up as a potato loaf, or as champ, or boxty, or rumbledethumps or bubble & squeak or fish cakes or as a topping for fish pies etc.

[mycats]

wholegrain mustard hhmmmmmm
or cheese, one of my favs :-)

[whiskeysheri]

Mmmm, milk and butter- the usual plus loads of grated cheese and salad cream. It's my favourite comfort food. x

[joko]

few spoonfuls of sage and onion stuffing mixed in

[freak_unique]

Mmm boil the potatoes and mash them with milk and butter and mix in some grated cheese (how ever much depending on how cheesey youd like it to turn out). Spoon it onto a an ovenproof dish and sprinkle the top with grated cheese. Place under the grill until the cheese on top is bubbling and a nice golden colour and crispy and serve with baked beans mmm :D

[orangelady]

Stir in some Marmite yummmmmmmy

[Scarlett]

I add a bit of houmous into it!

[Xollob]

I didn't cook mashed potato for about 20 years after leaving home - I thought I'd had enough to last a lifetime. But recently I've started to cook it for guests (and occasionally � deux).
The simplest is with plenty of butter, cream, freshly ground pepper (try a good quality white for a change), bit of freshly grated nutmeg, then under the grill with grated parmesan and a bit more butter.
A variation is as above with a decent blue cheese - I tend to use gorgonzola as it's the easiest to get hold of for me, but stilton is good, too.
For a special treat I puree lots of basil (Thai if you can get it), cream, roasted garlic, olive oil, grated parmesan, a squeeze of lemon juice, black pepper, and mash the potatoes with this mixture. Either you make it � la minute, or prepare it in advance and grill with a bit of cheese and perhaps a few pine nuts thrown in for good measure.