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Goat Cheese Mashed Potatoes

Adapted from Epicurious. These potatoes are very flavorful, and I like to serve them with Pan-Seared Chicken or Rack of Lamb. I love making this style of potatoes earlier in the day or the day before. It makes the meal so much easier.
Course Side Dish
Cuisine Mediterranean
Keyword Goat Cheese, Potatoes

Ingredients

  • 3 lb potatoes after peeled, 2.5 lb
  • Potatoes weighed on scale after cooked (1127 grams) 202 CHO
  • 1 cup whole milk 12 CHO
  • ½ cup (60 gr) onion 5 CHO
  • ¼ cup butter 0 CHO
  • 7.5 oz (210 gr) soft goat cheese 14 CHO
  • ½ tsp. salt

TOTAL CHO 233 CHO

  • TOTAL WEIGHT 1575 GRAMS
  • 225 CHO DIVIDED BY 1575 GRAMS = .148 CHO/GRAM
  • 1 TBSP = 15 GRAMS .148 CHO x 15 GRAMS 2.22 CHO/TBSP
  • ¼ CUP = 4 TBSP 2.22 CHO x 4 8.88 CHO/1/4 CUP
  • ¼ CUP = 60 GRAMS

Instructions

  1. Cook potatoes in salted water until tender.
  2. Meanwhile bring milk, onion and butter to a gentle boil in a small saucepan over medium heat. Reduce heat and very gently simmer for 1 minute. Remove from heat and let rest while potatoes cook.
  3. Drain and mash potatoes with a potato ricer. Crumble goat cheese over potatoes then add milk mixture and ½ tsp. salt. Stir to incorporate and garnish with fresh herbs and/or roasted peppers. Can be made ahead and store covered in the refrigerator, before re- heating.