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Mashed Potatoes and Gravy

Mashed Potatoes & Gravy

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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 35 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes
Course: Dinner, Lunch, Side Dish
Ingredients Equipment Method Notes

Ingredients
  

Mashed Potatoes
  • 12 small (or 6 med/large) potatoes
  • ¾-1 cup milk (I use unsweetened almond milk)
  • 1 cup ghee or butter, cut into squares (can sub vegan butter)
  • 5 cloves garlic, minced (more or less depending on preference)
  • salt, to taste (a generous amount, but taste as you go!)
Gravy
  • 3 tbsp ghee or butter (can sub vegan butter for dairy free)
  • 3 tbsp tapioca starch/flour
  • 2 cups bone broth (I use Bonafide Provisions Chicken Bone Broth)
  • ¼ tsp garlic powder
  • ¼ tsp onion powder
  • ¼ tsp dried thyme
  • ¼ tsp dried rosemary
  • ¼ tsp dried sage
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • ¼ tsp pepper

Equipment

  • Potato Ricer (helps so much with the texture!)

Method
 

Mashed Potatoes
  1. If you'd like, peel your potatoes.
  2. Place potatoes in a pot and cover with water, just hitting the top of the potatoes.
  3. Bring water to a boil then reduce the heat to medium/low.
  4. Cover with a lid and cook for 25-30 minutes (small potatoes) or 30-35 (med-large potatoes), or until fork tender.
  5. Drain the potatoes and using a potato ricer (if you have one, you can mash however you wish), rice the potatoes back into the pot. slowly add in the milk, mixing with each addition.
  6. ¼ cup at a time, add in the milk until they reach your desired consistency.
  7. Add the butter or ghee, minced garlic and a generous amount of salt and mix until fully combined and smooth.
  8. Garnish with a few slabs of butter and fresh herbs if you'd like.
Gravy
  1. Bring the bone broth to room temperature if using frozen.
  2. Heat ghee/butter in a sauce pan on medium heat, then stir in tapioca starch once warm.
  3. Whisk together until no clumps remain, then slowly pour in the bone broth, whisking as you pour.
  4. Turn up the heat and bring the gravy to a simmer, allowing it to thicken.
  5. Once thick, stir in seasonings and serve warm!

Notes

Both the mashed potatoes and gravy can be made in advance and reheated right before serving.
To reheat the mashed potatoes, you can microwave them or heat them on the stove with some additional milk to bring back some of the creamy texture.
To reheat the gravy, your best best it to warm it on the stove and whisk as you go.