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Mashed Potatoes Pressure Cooker

Mashed Potatoes Pressure Cooker
Ingredients
Serves: 4 TO 6
Pressure Level: HIGH
Release: QUICK
Time: 8 minutes
- 2 pounds russet potatoes, peeled and sliced ½ inch thick
- 1 cup water
- salt and pepper
- 8 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
- 1 cup half-and-half, hot
Method
HIGH PRESSURE FOR 8 minutes: Place potatoes, water, and ½ teaspoon salt in pressure-cooker pot
- Lock pressure-cooker lid in place and bring to high pressure over medium-high heat
- As soon as pot reaches high pressure, reduce heat to medium-low and cook for 8 minutes, adjusting heat as needed to maintain high pressure
QUICK RELEASE PRESSURE:
- Remove pot from heat
- Quick release pressure, then carefully remove lid, allowing steam to escape away from you
- Before Serving:
- Drain potatoes in colander and toss gently to remove excess water
- Return drained potatoes to now-empty pot and cook over medium heat, stirring often, until all excess water has evaporated, about 1 minute
- Off heat, mash with potato masher until smooth
- Gently fold in melted butter
- Gently fold in ? cup half-and-half and season with salt and pepper to taste
- Before serving, fold in remaining ? cup half-and-half as needed to adjust consistency
VARIATIONS
- Pesto Mashed Potatoes
- Substitute ½ cup pesto for butter
- Garlicky Mashed Potatoes
- Add 10 peeled garlic cloves to pot with potatoes in step 1
- Mash cooked garlic with potatoes in step 3
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