OCT
24
Mascarpone Chive Mashed Potatoes [Holiday Recipe Exchange]
Thanksgiving is just about a month away, so it is perfect timing for today’s Holiday Recipe Exchange sponsored by OXO. This week Jamie and I are serving up our favorite holiday side dishes.
I found this recipe for Mascarpone Chive Mashed Potatoes in Sunset Magazine a few years ago while waiting in the doctor’s office. I made a mental note of the recipe so that I could look it up when I got home.
Over the years I’ve made a couple of slight changes and decreased the recipe size to fit our small family a little better, but it is still a favorite and my go-to mashed potato recipe.
Mashed potatoes are often quite boring looking, so I love the little flecks of green chives scattered throughout these creamy potatoes, not to mention the fresh taste they add to the recipe.
I’ve learned that one of the keys to really great, fluffy mashed potatoes is to use a Potato Ricer. Prior to blogging I had never seen nor heard of a potato ricer. I thought – could it really make that big of a difference? Yes, it does! Plus, it’s kind of a fun kitchen gadget to use.
Join Jamie and me this week in sharing your Best Holiday Side Dish for a chance to win a great cooking utensil gift set from OXO. OXO offers some seriously awesome kitchen gadgets and I know you’ll love the tools in today’s selection. They were selected with the purpose of making your holiday meal prep just a little bit simpler.
Now, we want to know what your favorite holiday side dish is, so join in on the fun and link up your recipe for a chance to win this fab OXO set! Check out Jamie’s Sweet Potato Casserole.
How do you like to cook your mashed potatoes?
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Mascarpone Chive Mashed Potatoes
Yield: serves 4 - 6
Ingredients:
3 pounds russet potatoes, peeled, cut in chunks
2 dried bay leaves
1 cup whole milk
1/4 cup chicken broth
6 ounces mascarpone cheese, room temperature
2 tablespoons butter, melted
1/4 teaspoon pepper
kosher salt, to taste
1/2 bunch chives (1/2 inch diameter), snippedDirections:
Add potatoes to a stockpot with hot water. Add the bay leaves and 1 teaspoon of salt. Bring to a boil, then lower to simmer and allow to cook until very tender, approximately 20-30 minutes.
While the potatoes cook, whisk together the milk, chicken broth, mascarpone, and butter in a oven-safe bowl that is large enough to add the potatoes to. Stir in the pepper.
Once potatoes are tender, drain the water and discard the pay leaves. Press potatoes through a potato ricer (I use the OXO Good Grips Potato Ricer) and into the bowl with the mascarpone mixture. Stir to combine. Taste for seasonings and add salt, if desired.
Bake covered with foil in a 350 degree oven until heated through. Stir in the chives. Serve.
Note: Can be prepared ahead of time and stored in the refrigerator for up to 48 hours before baking.
adapted from: Sunset Magazine
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Hello! I'm Katie Goodman, author of GoodLife Eats Etc. where I share what I find in my life. A mix of great recipes, family memories, adventures, good reads, and anything else that I love is what you will discover here.



I never thought of using mascarpone cheese in mashed potatoes. The mascarpone coupled with the chives sounds divine.
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These potatoes look so dang good!
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Mashed potatoes are def my favorite side dish. There’s so much you can do with them! This recipe sounds delish! Def a keeper!
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I love mashed potatoes, those look great!
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I love the addition of mascarpone to mashed potatoes. You know I have always wondered about the potato ricer myself, thanks for the tip.
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Mascarpone is one of my favorite ingredients and I think it sounds pretty amazing in mashed potatoes. I like to put creme fraiche in mine.
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Hubby Dan’s Pumpkin-Mango Soup
6 Servings
Ingredients:
16 oz. chicken broth (homemade or canned)
1 15 oz. can of pumpkin (NOT pumpkin pie filling! LOL)
1 12 oz.can mango nectar
1/4 cup chunky peanut butter
2 tblsp. rice vinegar
1 tblsp. chopped fresh ginger (Fresh matters!)
1 tsp. grated orange rind
2 tblsp minced scallions (green onions)
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1 tblsp. chopped garlic
Fresh mango slices, sugared ginger, and chopped fresh cilantro for garnish
Combine chicken broth, pumpkin and mango in a large saucepan, bring to a boil, cover, reduce heat, and simmer 10 minutes.
Combine 1 cup of the hot soup with the peanut butter, and then return mixture to pan.
Stir in vinegar and the rest of the ingredients, except for the garnishes. Cook 3 minutes to blend the flavors and heat it through.
Ladle into soup bowls. Decorate each bowl with a slice of fresh mango and a piece of sugared ginger, and sprinkle with the chopped cilantro.
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BROCCOLI CORN CASSEROLE
2 pks or equivalent broccoli florets, a bag of frozen cornkernel (sm) Make melted butter about 2 tblsp,1C milk, heaping tblsp flour (SR), 8 oz block monterey jack-cubed and melted in. Minced shallot if desired to taste, salt and pepper. Pour over broc and corn in casserole dish. If you like you can do Ritz crumb or Funyum topping. Heat 350 til bubbly and topping brown,
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This looks so good, Katie!! Lovely way to jazz up mashed potatoes.
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Savory Roasted New Potatoes
12 small red potatoes, washed and quartered
2 Tbl olive oil
2 Tbl rosemary
1 Tbl soy sauce
1 tsp minced garlic
1/2 tsp paprika
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
Combine all in a large ziploc bag. Seal and shake until evenly mixed and coated. Spread onto baking pan. Bake uncovered for 45-50 minutes at 375 degrees. Stir occasionally.
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We’ve been putting KerryGold’s Garlic & Herb butter in our mash lately. I bet it tastes just like your recipe.
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I have a recipe that’s very similar with cream cheese and a little parmesan thrown in for good measure! Yours look SO beautiful – love the picture.
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We make lots of sides that we love. The absolute easiest for me to remember is corn pudding.
One can of corn, drained
One can of creamed corn
One stick of butter
One cup of sour cream
One box of corn muffin mix
Melt butter. Mix with everything in a Pyrex dish. Bake for 30ish minutes at 350.
So easy and good!
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My family’s favorite holiday side dish is the old tried and true green bean casserole!
4 cans cut green beans, drained
2 cans cream of mushroom soup (or homemade verson)
1 large can of French’s fried onions, divided
milk to your preference
salt and pepper
Mix everything together in a casserole dish, reserving a few friend onions to sprinkle on top.
Bake @350F for 45 minutes.
Add remaining fried onions
Bake another 5-10 minutes, uncovered.
BTW … those potatoes look WONDERFUL!!
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Cranberry Orange Relish
* navel orange
* 1 (12-oz) bag fresh cranberries
* 1/2 cup sugar
* 1/8 teaspoon cinnamon
Finely grate 2 teaspoons zest from orange. Cut away and discard peel and pith from orange, then cut sections free from membranes.
Pulse cranberries with zest, orange sections, sugar, and cinnamon in a food processor until finely chopped. Chill, covered, at least 2 hours to allow flavors to develop.
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Gotta say, nothing beats plain old stuffing as my favorite holiday side. Just like mashed potatoes, it’s full-on familiar comfort to me. http://www.goodfoodstories.com/2010/11/22/thanksgiving-stuffing/
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These look absolutely amazing! I can’t wait to try them.
Ellen
Http://everydaysisters.blogspot.com
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I love this idea to spice up mashed potatoes a bit. They look lovely with those flecks of chives, too!
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Classic Baked Macaroni and Cheese (from my Fannie Farmer cookbook) – I have to make it for every holiday.
Ingredients:
1 (16 ounce) package macaroni
8 tablespoons butter
8 tablespoons flour
2 cups milk
2 cups cream
1 teaspoon salt
2 to taste fresh ground black pepper, to taste
4 cups cheddar cheese, shredded good quality
1 cup breadcrumbs, buttered
1 teaspoon paprika (my addition)
Directions:
Preheat oven to 400°F. Cook and drain macaroni according to package directions just shy of al dente (it will continue to cook once you bake it); set aside.
In a large saucepan melt butter. Add flour mixed with salt and pepper, using a whisk to stir until well blended. Pour milk and cream in gradually; stirring constantly. Bring to boiling point and boil 2 minutes (stirring constantly).
Reduce heat and cook (stirring constantly) 10 minutes.
Add shredded cheddar little by little and simmer an additional 5 minutes, or until cheese melts. Turn off burner.
Add macaroni to the saucepan and toss to coat with the cheese sauce. Transfer macaroni to a buttered baking dish. Sprinkle with breadcrumbs, then sprinkle with paprika.
Bake 20 minutes until the top is golden brown.
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Marscopone cheese is a new one to me, but i have to say it sounds delicious. Thanks for the suggestion.
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