Roasted Garlic Mashed Potatoes - The Best You've Ever Had

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 lbs potatoes
• 1 head garlic
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1/4 cup sour cream
• 4 tablespoons butter
• milk or cream, if needed
• salt
• pepper

Recipe

• 1 separate head of garlic into individual cloves.
• 2 toss in olive oil and wrap tightly in small piece of aluminum foil.
• 3 bake in 350°f (180°c) oven for 45 minutes.
• 4 when the garlic has cooled to the touch you should be able to squeeze it out of the 'paper' shell of the individual cloves.
• 5 mash the roasted garlic with a fork, or force through a fine strainer.
• 6 if you use a ricer as recommended below, simply rice the garlic along with the potatoes.
• 7 peel and boil potatoes in salted water until tender.
• 8 force the cooked potatoes through a ricer (recommended) or mash by your usual method.
• 9 put the riced potatoes, garlic, sour cream, butter, and salt and pepper in a mixer bowl, and whip at medium speed until smooth.
• 10 add cream or milk to adjust consistency.