Pierre Franeys Green Mashed Potatoes Recipes

GREEN MASHED POTATOES

Steps:

• Mash the potatoes: While the milk is heating, mash the cooked potatoes with a potato masher or use a potato ricer. (Do not over mix or the potatoes will turn gluey.)

MASHED POTATOES WITH GARLIC AND BASIL

Steps:

• Peel the potatoes and cut them into 3/4-inch cubes. Place the pieces in saucepan and cover with water. Add the garlic and salt.
• Bring to a boil and simmer for 15 minutes or until the potatoes are tender. Do not overcook.
• Drain. Discard garlic. Put the potatoes through a food mill or ricer, or mash them well with a potato masher.
• Add the olive oil, and beat to blend. Add the warm milk, basil and pepper. Blend well. Serve piping hot.

PIERRE FRANEY'S GREEN MASHED POTATOES

Steps:

• Peel the potatoes and cut them into 2-inch cubes.
• Place the potatoes and garlic in a saucepan and cover with water. Add salt. Bring to a boil, and simmer for 15 minutes or until tender.
• Drain the potatoes and force them through a food mill or potato ricer. Return to the saucepan.
• Meanwhile, put the parsley and 1/4 cup of the milk into a food processor. Blend until coarsely chopped.
• Place a strainer over a small bowl. Line it with cheesecloth. Transfer the parsley into the cheesecloth and squeeze very hard to extract all the juice. Reserve the juice.
• Add the milk, the parsley juice and the butter to the potatoes. Beat with a spoon and blend well. Add the pepper and check for seasoning. Serve immediately.

CHICKEN BREASTS WITH LEMON

Steps:

• Season flour with salt and pepper, and dredge the chicken all over. Remove the excess flour.
• Heat the oil in a heavy skillet large enough to hold the chicken pieces in one layer. Add chicken and cook, uncovered, over medium heat for 5 minutes or until lightly browned.
• Flip the chicken and cook for 5 minutes more, or until cooked through. Carefully remove the oil from the skillet, leaving the chicken. Discard the oil.
• Add the thyme, shallots and garlic, and cook for about a minute. Do not burn the garlic. Add the lemon rind, the lemon juice and the broth.
• Scrape the skillet to dissolve the brown particles that cling to the bottom. Add the butter, and cook for 3 minutes longer. Serve immediately.

MASHED POTATOES WITH GARLIC AND ONIONS

Steps:

• Peel the potatoes, and cut them crosswise into 1-inch cubes. Place the pieces in a saucepan with water to cover. Add the garlic, sliced onions and salt to taste.
• Bring to a boil and simmer for 15 minutes or until the potatoes are tender. Drain, and put the mixture through a food mill or potato masher. Put back into the saucepan.
• Add the butter, nutmeg and the white pepper. Blend well. Add the warm milk a little at a time while beating. Add the chervil, beat to blend, and serve.

CURRIED SHEPHERD'S PIE

Steps:

• Put the potatoes into a pot and add water to cover and salt to taste. Bring to the boil and cook 10 to 15 minutes or until the potatoes are tender when pierced with a fork.
• As the potatoes cook, heat the oil in a skillet and add the onions and garlic over medium heat. Cook, stirring occasionally, until they are wilted. Add the curry powder, cumin and coriander and cook briefly, stirring.
• Add the meat and cook, stirring down with the side of a heavy kitchen spoon to break up the lumps. Add salt, pepper, the tomatoes, broth and sugar. Cook, stirring occasionally, about 20 to 30 minutes.
• Meanwhile, preheat the broiler.
• Drain the potatoes and put them through a food mill or a potato ricer back into the pot. Stir in the peas and cook briefly.
• Add the hot milk, two tablespoons of the butter and pepper, preferably white, beating with a wooden spoon.
• Heat an eight-cup baking dish (a souffle dish works well) and spoon the piping-hot curried meat into it. Top with the hot mashed potatoes. Smooth over the top. Dot with the remaining tablespoon of butter.
• Run the mixture under the broiler until the top is golden brown. Serve immediately.

MASHED POTATOES WITH GREENS

Steps:

• Combine ham hock and 4 cups cold water in large saucepan; bring to boil. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover and simmer until ham is tender, about 45 minutes. Transfer hock to plate; cool. Remove meat from bone; chop meat.
• If necessary, boil ham broth until reduced to 3 cups. Add kale stems. Cover and simmer over medium heat 10 minutes. Add kale leaves. Cover and simmer 5 minutes. Add mustard greens; cover and simmer until all greens are tender, occasionally submerging greens in broth, about 20 minutes. Uncover; simmer until broth is reduced almost to glaze, about 10 minutes longer. Season with salt and pepper.
• Cook potatoes in large pot of boiling salted water until tender, about 30 minutes. Drain potatoes, reserving 1/4 cup cooking liquid. Return potatoes and reserved 1/4 cup cooking liquid to pot. Add butter and 3/4 cup whole milk. Mash potatoes until almost smooth, adding more milk if dry. Season potatoes to taste with salt and pepper.
• Spoon potatoes into large bowl. Make well in center of potatoes; spoon greens into well. Sprinkle with chopped ham and green onions and serve.

MASHED POTATOES WITH SCALLIONS

Steps:

• Peel the potatoes and cut them into 2-inch cubes. Place the cubes in a saucepan. Add water to cover and salt.
• Bring to a boil and simmer 15 minutes, or until tender. Drain and put the potatoes through a food mill or mash them well with a potato masher. Add the butter and beat to blend. Stir in the milk, scallions, salt, pepper and nutmeg. Serve piping hot.