Mashed Potatoes with Oven-Roasted Garlic
Description
Oven-roasted garlic and skin-on Yukon Gold potatoes set this classic side dish apart from your basic mashed potato recipe. They're even good cold the next day!
Ingredients
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1 head garlic
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2 tablespoons olive oil
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5 pounds Yukon gold potatoes, scrubbed and quartered
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4 ounces reduced-fat cream cheese
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6 tablespoons margarine
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1/2 cup skim milk
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1/2 cup reduced-fat sour cream
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1/2 teaspoon salt
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1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
Directions
1
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
2
Remove outer skin from garlic head, leaving individual cloves intact. Cut 1/4 to 1/2 inch off the top, exposing all cloves. Coat top of garlic with olive oil and use your fingers to work it in. Wrap in foil and place in a baking dish.
3
Roast in the preheated oven for 45 minutes.
4
When the garlic is about halfway done, place potatoes into a large pot and cover with salted water; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until tender, but still firm, 15 to 20 minutes. When poked with a fork, they should break once. Drain.
5
Remove garlic from the oven. Squeeze garlic from each clove into a small bowl and mash with a fork.
6
Return potatoes to the pot and mix with cream cheese, margarine, milk, sour cream, and garlic. Mix in salt and pepper.