Italian Mashed Potatoes Recipes

ITALIAN PORK WITH MASHED SWEET POTATOES

Steps:

• Combine fennel seeds, oregano, garlic powder, paprika, salt, and pepper in a small bowl. Trim fat from meat. Sprinkle the fennel seed mixture evenly over the meat; rub in with your fingers. If necessary, cut the meat to fit into a 3 1/2- or 4-quart slow cooker (see Tip). Set aside.
• Place sweet potatoes in the cooker. Add the meat. Pour broth over mixture in the cooker.
• Cover and cook on Low for 8 to 10 hours or on High for 4 to 5 hours.
• Remove the meat from the cooker, reserving cooking juices. Slice the meat. Using a slotted spoon, transfer the sweet potatoes to a medium bowl. Use a potato masher to mash the sweet potatoes, adding enough of the cooking juices, if necessary, to moisten. Serve the meat with the mashed sweet potatoes.

ITALIAN MASHED POTATOES

Steps:

• Place the potatoes into a large pot and cover with salted water. Bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until tender, about 20 minutes. Drain and allow to steam dry for a minute or two. Return the drained potatoes to the pot.
• Pour the vegetable broth, thyme, rosemary, oregano, basil, onion powder, parsley, sage, and garlic over the potatoes; mash with a potato masher.

ITALIAN MASHED POTATOES

Steps:

• If you happen to use larger potatoes for the double batch, halve the large potatoes because the small ones for the regualr batch can be left whole.
• Place all the potatoes in a deep pot and cover with water.
• Place a lid on the potatoes and bring it to a boil.
• Once it starts to boil, uncover and cook until tender (about twelve to fifteen minutes).
• Then drain potatoes and put them back into the hot pot.
• Add the butter, the seasoning package, milk and cheese. It really depends on how creamy and cheesy you like your potatoes when deciding how much you want to add of the milk and cheese.
• Smash the potatoes until they are the desired texture.
• Add the amount of salt and pepper to taste you like and enjoy.

CROCCHE (AKA ITALIAN FRIED MASHED POTATOES)

Steps:

• working with cold mashed potatoes helps to shape it better than freshly made potatoes.
• 1 cup potatoes per serving. evenly around cheese "stick" like a twinkie shape. place on cookie sheet lined with wax paper.
• freeze for up to an hour to firm up but you don't want it frozen completely through or the outside will cook faster than it takes to melt the cheese inside.
• i use my delonghi roto- fryer so that the food its always moving and i don't have to flip it! but you will want a deep type fryer so the roll can float.
• heat oil to around 350*.
• make batter in deep bowl, by mixing flour, milk, eggs, salt and pepper and parm cheese and basil.
• roll each potatoes roll around in the batter very quickly you only want a thin layer on it, let drain off mostly. roll in bread crumbs.
• fry until a deep golden brown, and serve sprinkled with a little more parm and a good helping of fresh marinara.

27+ EXCITING LEFTOVER MASHED POTATO RECIPES (+MASHED POTATO CAKES)

Steps:

• Mix egg, cheese, and chives in a bowl.
• Stir in mashed potatoes and flour.
• Shape into patties.
• Dredge in flour , fry for 3 minutes on each side.