French-Style Mashed Potatoes (Pommes Purée)

Name: French-Style Mashed Potatoes (Pommes Purée)
Yield: Serves 8
Cuisine: Europe, French
Ingredients: 2 pounds, Yukon Gold potatoes, peeled and cut into 1-inch pieces; 20 tablespoons (2 1/2 sticks), unsalted butter; 1 1/3 cups, whole milk; , Salt and white pepper

Side Dishes
Europe
French
Fruits & Vegetables
Potatoes
Vegetarian
Easter

By Steve Dunn ･ Appears in Cook's Illustrated November/December 2016

The luxuriously rich and silky pomme puree served in Paris is the result of tedious mixing by hand and a sinful amount of butter. But does it have to be?

SERVES 8

TIME 1 hour

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