Fluffy Mashed Potatoes

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated March/April 2008, America's Test Kitchen TV

The key to excellent mashed potatoes with minimal prep work and robust, earthy flavor? Steam them.

SERVES 4

TIME 50 minutes

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

We wanted a mashed potato recipe that allowed more of the prep work to be done in advance (who wants burnt fingers from peeling hot potatoes?) but still delivered a fully smooth mash with robust, earthy flavor. So in our mashed potato recip...

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