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Besides being delicious, I love the fact that these can not only be made ahead of time, but they also freeze well. It's wonderful to come home from a long day at work, throw something on the grill and pop these babies in the oven. Add a nice green salad or some yummy roasted veggies and you've got a fabulous dinner - in no time flat!
P.S. If you have roasted garlic on hand, by all means, use it. I'm not always so well prepared; often I just throw some peeled garlic cloves in with the potatoes - as they cook together the garlic becomes sweet and soft and just about melts into the potatoes as you mash them.
- 1 medium sweet potatoes peeled and cut into 2 inch pieces
- 5-6 medium russet or golden potatoes peeled and cut into 2 inch pieces
- 6 medium cloves garlic
- 3 ounces goat cheese
- 1-2 teaspoons sea salt to taste
- ½ cup shredded Parmesan cheese
- 2 tablespoons butter
- ½-1 cup milk
- 1 tablespoon melted butter
- sweet paprika
- finely sliced fresh chives or finely chopped fresh rosemary for garnish, if desired
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Combine potatoes, both kinds, and garlic in a medium-large pot and cover with water. Bring to a boil, then reduce to simmer and cook until potatoes are very tender, about 15-20 minutes. Drain well and return to pot.
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Add goat cheese, butter, and milk (start with ½ cup) and mash with a potato masher till smooth and fluffy. Do not overbeat or potatoes will become gummy. Add more milk as needed. If you're going to swirl the potatoes you will need to add a bit more milk, probably close to the whole cup so that you can easily pipe them.
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Stir in Parmesan and either serve immediately or, if you plan to do the swirled potatoes, proceed with step 4 and 5.
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Butter 12 small dishes or ramekins generously. Cut a small snip off of the corner of a large heavy-duty zippered plastic bag and insert a large star decorator tip into opening. (I use a Wilton 1M tip and spread the points just a bit to make the opening larger.)
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After potatoes are cooked and mashed, allow them to cool for about 10-15 minutes, then spoon them into the prepared bag, close the zippered top and pipe into the 12 small bowls, as equally as possible. Drizzle with the melted butter, sprinkle with a bit of paprika and bake at 350˚F for about 15-20 minutes or until starting to turn golden. Sprinkle with fresh chives or rosemary and serve immediately.
To freeze, proceed with recipe through step 5 but do not bake. Place bowls of piped potato swirls on baking sheet and freeze, uncovered. After an hour, wrap well with plastic wrap or foil. (This will keep the swirls from getting crushed.) When ready to bake, remove potatoes from freezer and place on baking sheet. Bake at 350˚F for about 25-30 minutes or until beginning to turn golden. Sprinkle with fresh chives or rosemary and serve immediately.
Katerina says
It's a shame this recipe is not just sweet potato to begin with, getting rid of normal potatoes from your diets goes a long way towards being healthy... besides the traditional arguments for high glycemic index, calories, low amount of nutrients, too much starch, etc., they contain poison that may not harm people in small doses, but there are many potato lovers out there who eat them almost every meal... I was really fearful for the author of this recipe when she said that her family ate this for breakfast precisely because of that.... sweet potatoes, on the other hand, are completely fine to consume daily.... I know it's very hard for some people to imagine their life without crispy french fries, or chips, but you can really live without all those things and have a wonderdul heatlhy selection of food.... I did it, which is why I was looking for a new interesting recipe for side dishes using sweet potatoes....
I will try this recipe using sweet potatoes only as suggested above....
Best regards,
Katerina
Chris Scheuer says
Bravo to you, Katerina. BTW, I love your name!
Katerina says
Hi Chris,
Thank you, it's not that uncommon 🙂
BR,
Katerina
Joanne says
These look and sound wonderful! Do you think it would work with all sweet potatoes? I'm cooking for a diabetic who can't eat white potatoes.
Chris Scheuer says
Hi Joanne,
I think they would be wonderful with just sweet potatoes. I would start out with a little bit less milk and just add enough to make them nice and creamy. Sometimes there's a difference in the amount of water in different types of potatoes so you may need a little less milk.
Enjoy!!
Karyn Corey says
Made this recipe to go with grilled chicken last night and it was delicious! I used small ramekins but I just love love love your little swirl dishes! Could you possibly tell me what they are or who made them? I have a kitchen full of Apilco and Pillivuyt and would love to have something like this!
Chris Scheuer says
Hi Karyn,
I found those little dishes at Homegoods. They were really inexpensive but had lasted well for years.