Mashed Potatoes en Croûte

Name: Mashed Potatoes en Croûte
Prep time: 1 h 24 min
Cook time: 1 h 24 min
Total time: 1 h 24 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 bay leaves; 118 milliliters butter; 1 large egg; 2 egg yolks; 0 teaspoons ground nutmeg; 1 Tbsp half-and-half; 118 milliliters heavy cream; 118 milliliters milk; 59 milliliters freshly grated Parmesan cheese; 1 teaspoons freshly ground pepper; 490 grams package frozen puff pastry sheets, thawed; 1 teaspoon salt; 2 kilograms Yukon gold potatoes, peeled and cut into 1-inch cubes

Mashed Potatoes en Croûte might be just the side dish you are searching for. One serving contains 446 calories, 9g of protein, and 29g of fat. This recipe serves 12. Thanksgiving will be even more special with this recipe. A mixture of puff pastry sheets, half-and-half, salt, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so scrumptious. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 1 hour and 24 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 42

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Bring 2 qt. salted water to a boil in a large Dutch oven over medium-high heat.

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Water

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Add potatoes and next 2 ingredients, and cook 25 minutes or until potatoes are tender.

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Potato

Drain potatoes, and discard bay leaves. Mash potatoes with a potato masher until soft and fluffy.

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Bay Leaves

Potato

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Potato Masher

Microwave butter and cream in a small microwave-safe bowl at HIGH 1 minute. Stir until smooth; add salt, pepper, and nutmeg. Stir butter mixture into mashed potatoes. Stir in egg yolks and cheese until smooth.

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Potato

Butter

Cheese

Nutmeg

Pepper

Cream

Salt

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Bowl

Press 1 pastry sheet into a 9-inch deep-dish pie plate, allowing edges to hang over sides. Spoon mashed potatoes into pie plate, and top with remaining pastry sheet. Crimp and fold edges inward.

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Potato

Cut several slits in top of pastry for steam to escape.

Whisk together egg and half-and-half; brush over pastry.

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Egg