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Garlic Mashed Potatoes
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This week's Recipe of the Week features Garlic Mashed Potatoes.  The garlic flavor comes from the roasted garlic added to the potatoes. Choose either red potatoes or Yukon Gold potatoes for a rich and creamy flavor.

What you need:

• 2 pounds of red or Yukon Gold potatoes
• 1 tablespoon of butter
• 1/2 cup of whipping cream
• 1/2 cup roasted garlic
• 1 8 ounce package of cream cheese
• 2 tablespoons of chives
• Salt and freshly ground pepper

What you do:

1. Wash potatoes well, peel and quarter.  Cook potatoes in boiling salted water until fork tender.  Drain potatoes and return to the pot.
2. Using a ricer or a masher, mash the potatoes slightly and set aside ( you can also use your electric beater too).  In a saucepan, heat 1 tablespoon of butter and half the cream and simmer for 1 minute.  Add contents of the saucepan to the potatoes and stir will.
3. On low heat, stir in the rest of the cream, add the cream cheese and all of the roasted garlic.
4. Finish with chives, salt and pepper.

How to Roast Garlic

1. Take a head or heads of garlic and remove the cloves. Do not peel the cloves of garlic.
2. Separate the cloves into groups of approximately the same size (usually about 3 groups will do).
3. On medium-low heat and using a non-stick pan,put your first group of cloves in the pan. Let them sit for about 2 minutes, stir, sit for 2 minutes, stir, etc.
4. Keep watch for scorching on the outside of the cloves.   If you see scorching turn town the heat a little and stir more often.
5. The garlic is roasted when the cloves are soft when pressed by a fork or spatula.  The softer the clove, the more roasted the garlic.
6. The group of larger cloves will of course take longer than the smaller cloves.  You separate the cloves so that you don't burn your smaller cloves while undercooking the large ones.

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Inspired by the success of their James Beard Award-winning work, Onions, Onions, Onions, authors Fred and Linda Griffith now take on another stinky favorite: garlic. Shunned for centuries even in France and Italy because of its strong flavor and odor, garlic was considered a low-class seasoning, only winning wide acceptance in cooking outside working-class kitchens after World War II. Garlic, Garlic, Garlic provides detailed guidance for buying, storing, and preparing garlic, and explains the pros and cons of using a garlic press. There are also 200-plus recipes, many for ethnic dishes rich in garlic. There is Brandade, the creamy French dish made with salt cod, and Spanish Sopa de Ajo, a pungent peasant soup of garlic, bread, and oil with poached eggs. Even cozy macaroni and cheese is punctuated with three pressed, plump cloves of garlic. Dessert is not forgotten- -how about ice cream topped with golden, caramelized Honey-Poached Garlic Sauce for something really different? While only experienced cooks may want to attempt dishes like Veal Brisket Roasted with Garlic, Onions, and Plums, any garlic lover with modest skills can whip up the Special Marinara Sauce or grill the Flank Steak with Balsamic Vinegar Marinade.

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