French Onion Mashed Potatoes

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 lbs yukon gold potatoes
• 6 tablespoons butter
• 2 cups chopped onions
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• minced chives (to garnish)
• salt
• 1/2 cup milk or 1/2 cup half-and-half
• 1/4 cup dry sherry
• 3/4 cup shredded gruyere cheese

Recipe

• 1 cut washington grown yukon gold potatoes in half if they are large.
• 2 leave skin on.
• 3 put in a large pot of water with a pinch of salt.
• 4 bring to a boil, then cook 20-30 minutes until potatoes are tender.
• 5 use a fork to make sure they are tender all the way through.
• 6 in a small saucepan, heat the milk and 4 tbl.
• 7 butter.
• 8 cook until the butter melts and the milk is warm.
• 9 saute the onions in 2 tbl.
• 10 butter until caramalized to a golden brown.
• 11 then add the sherry to the pan (optional) and saute another 1-2 minutes until the liquid has evaporated.
• 12 drain the potatoes.
• 13 add the hot milk and butter mixture and start mashing.
• 14 you can also do this in a mixer.
• 15 season with salt and pepper, then add the onions.
• 16 fold in the cheese and top with chives.