If you’re referring to the headline “What’s the ingredient that will transform your mashed potatoes?”, there are several contenders, but one of the easiest and most reliable is roasted garlic.
🧄 Roasted garlic
Roasting garlic makes it soft, sweet and much less harsh than raw garlic. Mixing the roasted cloves into mashed potatoes gives them a richer, deeper flavor. Food Network and other established recipe sources use roasted garlic with butter and warm milk/cream specifically for this purpose.
Easy method:
- Roast a whole garlic bulb at about 350°F/175°C for 35–40 minutes, until soft.
- Squeeze the softened cloves out of the skins.
- Mash them into your cooked potatoes.
- Add warm butter and warm milk or cream, rather than cold dairy.
- Season with salt and pepper.
Another chef’s secret: Yukon Gold potatoes
If you want exceptionally creamy mashed potatoes, Yukon Gold is an excellent choice because of its naturally buttery texture. Using a potato ricer or food mill also produces a smoother mash, while overmixing can make potatoes gummy.
