Potato-and-Cheese Purée

Name: Potato-and-Cheese Purée
Prep time: 1 d 1 h
Cook time: 1 d 1 h
Total time: 1 d 1 h
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoons black pepper; 4 garlic cloves; 1 liters 3/4 pound Cantal or Gruyère cheese, coarsely grated on large holes of a box grater; 158 milliliters chilled heavy cream; 2 Tbsps drained bottled horseradish; 1 teaspoons salt; 3 Tbsps unsalted butter, softened; 177 milliliters whole milk; 907 grams Yukon Gold potatoes (6 medium)

Potato-and-Cheese Purée might be just the main course you are searching for. This recipe serves 6. One serving contains 708 calories, 38g of protein, and 52g of fat. This recipe covers 27% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free diet. If you have bottled horseradish, garlic cloves, milk, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the salt you could follow this main course with the Apple Turnovers Recipe as a dessert.

Instructions

Cover potatoes with salted water> by 2 inches in a 4- to 5-quart heavy pot and simmer until very tender, about 40 minutes.

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Potato

Water

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Drain in a colander.

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Colander

Mince garlic and mash to a paste with 1 teaspoon salt using side of a large heavy knife.

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Garlic

Ground Meat

Salt

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Knife

When potatoes are cool enough to handle when held in a kitchen towel, peel and force through ricer into cleaned saucepan.

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Potato

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Kitchen Towels

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Potato Ricer

Add butter, garlic paste, and milk and cook over moderately low heat, stirring vigorously with a wooden spoon, until fluffy and heated through, about 2 minutes.

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Garlic Paste

Butter

Milk

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Wooden Spoon

Add cheese and pepper and cook, stirring vigorously with a heatproof rubber spatula or wooden spoon, until cheese is melted, smooth, and almost taffylike, about 10 minutes.

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Cheese

Pepper

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Spatula

Preheat broiler. Butter baking dish. (If using 6 individual gratin dishes, butter and put on a baking sheet.)

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Butter

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Broiler

Transfer potato mixture to baking dish, smoothing top.

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Potato

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Beat cream in a bowl with an electric mixer until it holds soft peaks, then beat in horseradish and remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt.

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Horseradish

Cream

Salt

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Hand Mixer

Bowl

Spread horseradish cream over potato mixture and broil 4 to 5 inches from heat, rotating gratin if it isn't browning evenly, until golden, 1 to 2 minutes.

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Horseradish Sauce