This amazing potato recipe is inspired by something we always had at my house growing up. We could call them heavenly potatoes because they were just that good. My favorite meal were these Heavenly Mashed Potatoes and honey ham. I would know, being from Idaho and all. Here is a weird side note. Did you know that Idaho is the Gem State, and there we call tater tots “tater gems?” True story. Oh, its also pronounced poh-tay-toh. Don’t even try and get all fancy and pronounce it poh-ta-toh. Everyone will hate you if you do that, its also really annoying. But for real, these mashed potatoes are really really good, and you should totally make them for Thanksgiving, and then be thankful you now know how to pronounce potato right. YAY!
♥ Teri
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Heavenly Potatoes
INGREDIENTS
- 4 russet potatoes, peeled and cut into chunks
- ⅓ cup heavy cream
- ¼ cup (½ stick) unsalted butter
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- ¼ cup cottage cheese, pureed
- 2 tablespoons chives, thinly sliced
- salt and pepper to taste
optional garnish
- chives
- melted butter
INSTRUCTIONS
- Place potatoes in a large pot and fill with water. Place over medium-high heat and bring to a boil.
- Boil potatoes until fork tender, about 25 minutes.
- While potatoes boil, place cream, butter and garlic in a small saucepan and simmer. Once mixture comes to a simmer, remove from heat.
- Drain potatoes in a colander and return back to the pot. Lightly mash the potatoes and season with salt and pepper.
- Pour cream mixture over the potatoes, a little at a time and mash the potatoes until all the cream mixture has been used and potatoes are smooth.
- Stir in pureed cottage cheese and sliced chives and season with salt and pepper.
- Top with remaining chives and melted butter, if desired. Serve warm.
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Girl, if you’re from Idaho, I trust you know your potatoes. That melted butter looks DEVINE.
Oooo! I never thought to add cottage cheese to mashed potatoes.
These are probably the prettiest mashed taters I have ever seen. Help me, Rhonda.
Well I just drooled all over my keyboard…
I’ve never thought to put cottage cheese into mashed potatoes, but I will have to give it a try.
mashed potatoes are never a terrible idea. I have to be honest though – i do prefer baby potatoes to russets flavor wise. these do look tasty though!
Your mashed potatoes look mouthwatering!
oh stop it. stop it right now.
the MELTED BUTTER.
dear heavens.(thisisamazing!)
These with honey bacon… just the perfect blend of heaven and hell :)
This is a fantastic idea!
oh wow, that buttery liquid on top is killer!
drool, that is all
How do you make mash look this good?
So simple and so OMG!
Miki! Love your response! EXACTLY what I FEEL *!*
Thanks Galz~~~
I’ve given potatoes up until Thanksgivng but I will totally be making this new recipe for the big feast. Cottage Cheese huh…hmmmm….
Also, STOP TRYING TO MAKE TATER GEMS HAPPEN! GOSH!
HAHAHHA! It’s not like I’m trying to make Fetch happen!!! COME ON!
TATER GEMS AREN’T. GOING. TO. HAPPEN. No one is going to say that.
Mashers dripping in butter, your chives are going for a swim. I’ve never tried mashed with cottage cheese, such a brilliant idea! On a side note, our friends here in SLC actually live in the home built by the man who started Ore-ida and developed the Tater Tot! True dat. Sadly there were no tots in the home when they moved in, just bad red shag carpet.
don’t tease me with melted butter. it’s not fair. now i’m going to have to make these tonight. ;)
I think I just licked my screen. Seriously. The pools of butter are killing me!
lol they do look awesome enough to lick
I dig pools of butter. Especially ones that live on the surface of large masses of mashed potatoes.
OH dear, I just fainted.
Your photography is heavenly! And the recipe sounds delicious. Pureed cottage cheese…I will have to try this one.
I assume that the teeny-tiny twist is the pureed cottage cheese. I can not WAIT to make this recipe! Looks and sounds delish!!!
Teri. These photos. I’m salivating.
Jenny. The food styling. I’m salivating.
Ladies. The mashed potatoes. I’m salivating.
I need a mop.
These look amazing. I’m totally making them for Thanksgiving. Yay poh-tay-tohs!!