By Kevin Williams
Mashed potatoes and gravy are a staple on everyone's Thanksgiving table. I do love homemade mashed potatoes bathed in butter and sprinkled with salt. Amish-made mashed potatoes (if made correctly) really capture the creamy consistency of this classic dish. Gloria, our Amish Cook columnist, likes to serve them with browned butter. Yum. You can also use this great gravy recipe which is traditionally served at Amish weddings.
With Thanksgiving being upon us I put Gloria's mashed potato recipe and the Amish wedding gravy "under one roof" in this post for easy referencing. Enjoy!
Amish Mashed Potatoes
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Serves: serves 16 - 20
Ingredients
- 6 quarts of potatoes, peeled and cubed
- 1 1 /2 tablespoons salt
- 1 /2 cup butter
- 4 ounces of cream cheese
- 3 /4 cup evaporated milk (to right consistency. Hint: I use whole milk or cream instead of evaporated milk)
Instructions
- Fill a 6 quart kettle with potatoes.
- Add 1 1 /2 inches of water and cover with a lid.
- Bring to a boil.
- Simmer until potatoes are fork tender.
- Drain off water.
- Mash potatoes until smooth.
- Add remaining ingredients and then mash everything together.
- A heavy duty mixer also works well instead of mashing by hand)
- Melt an additional cup of butter on medium heat.
- Continue heating until butter is browned.
- Drizzle over mashed potatoes
Gloria's Easy Amish Wedding Gravy
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Serves: serves 12
Ingredients
- ½ cup butter
- 1 /4 cup flour
- 1 /2 teaspoon seasoning salt
- ¼ teaspoon pepper
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups chicken broth
- 2 cups water
Instructions
- Melt butter, heat until browned.
- Add flour and seasoning.
- Whisk together and boil several minutes.
- Add chicken brother and water Bring to a boil.
- Let boil several more minutes, stirring constantly
Kathy Barnes
Happy Thanksgiveing to you and your family.
Kathy