You still do not know how to make mashed potatoes to make it tasty? Then by all means use one of the recipes below. Among them you will find not only the basic version, but also some very unusual ones.

Classic Delicious Mashed Potato

Required Products:

  • a piece of butter weighing 50 grams;
  • about a kilogram of potatoes;
  • 0.2 liters of milk;
  • seasoning to taste.

Cooking process:

  1. Peel the potatoes and rinse well. We place the root crops in the selected container and fill it with water. You can immediately salt them a little.
  2. After about 25 minutes, when the tubers are already soft, drain the remaining liquid and turn the potatoes into mashed potatoes. This can be done with a pusher (preferably wooden) or with a hand mixer.
  3. Warm the milk, melt the butter until liquid and pour it all into an almost ready dish. Stir the mashed potatoes thoroughly and season with spices to taste.

You can speed up the cooking process by sending root vegetables into the water not entirely, but after cutting them into cubes.

Cooking in a slow cooker

Required Products:

  • half a packet of butter;
  • about a kilogram of potatoes;
  • half a glass of milk;
  • seasoning to your taste.

Cooking process:

  1. As always, peel the potatoes, rinse them and cut them into pieces, but not too finely.
  2. We send the vegetable slicing into the multicooker bowl, pour the filtered water so that it covers the whole root crops, and immediately salt. If desired, you can put bay leaf or pepper on the potato.
  3. We turn on the device in the “Baking” mode for 40 minutes, and after this time, remove excess fluid. We shift the potatoes to another container so as not to damage the slow cooker, and knead it in any way.
  4. Add ghee and hot milk, knead until smooth.

Mashed potatoes with egg and milk

Mashed potatoes with milk is the easiest option for everyone to cook their favorite dish. But you can make it more saturated with the help of an egg.

Required Products:

  • about a kilogram of potatoes;
  • a slice of butter;
  • 0.1 liter of milk;
  • one egg;
  • seasoning to your liking.

Cooking process:

  1. Peel the tubers, rinse, cut into halves and bring to readiness in a pan with water. This will take about 25 minutes after boiling it.
  2. Then we merge the remaining broth and immediately knead the potatoes so that it turns into mashed potatoes.
  3. We warm the milk and send it to the potato mass. Butter can be melted or put in mashed potatoes chopped into pieces. Mix everything or beat with a blender.
  4. While the dish is warm, drive in the egg and mix again. At the same stage we put any spices to taste, not forgetting the salt.

Do not drive an egg right away, add it last, so that the protein does not “seize” upon contact with very hot root crops.

How to cook without milk

If for any reason you cannot or do not want to use this ingredient, then you should make a puree without milk. It turns out no less tasty.

Required Products:

  • a piece of butter - about 50 grams;
  • kilogram of potatoes;
  • seasoning to your liking.

Cooking process:

  1. Free the tubers from the skins and rinse well. We put them in the selected container for cooking, pour water on two fingers on top and cook for about 20 minutes until soft in salt water.
  2. After that, remove the excess liquid, leaving about half a glass in the pan, and mash pieces of root vegetables in mashed potatoes.
  3. We spread the butter (you can pre-melt it) and stir.

With cheese

Required Products:

  • 0.2 kg of cheese;
  • a kilogram of potatoes;
  • spices to taste;
  • 30 grams of butter;
  • two cloves of garlic.

Cooking process:

  1. We prepare potatoes: peel, thoroughly rinse and cut in half.
  2. Fill root vegetables with water, set to boil in salted water until a light puncture with a fork.
  3. At this time, we heat the butter, mix it with coarsely chopped garlic and keep it on low heat for several minutes so that the oil is saturated with a spicy aroma. Then remove the garlic slices.
  4. Drain the potatoes, mash it and pour spiced oil. Mix the mashed potatoes and try. If necessary, put some more salt and other spices to your taste.
  5. Grate the cheese on a fine grater, put it in a dish, mix and serve.

It is very good to use sharp, salty cheeses and products with various additives, such as olives, olives or peppers, for this puree.

With milk and butter

Required Products:

  • seasoning to taste;
  • about 50 grams of butter;
  • a glass of milk;
  • kilogram of potatoes.

Cooking process:

  1. Free the tubers from the peel, wash, cut into pieces and cook until tender, for about 20 minutes.
  2. As soon as the potatoes become soft, drain the remaining liquid and mash the boiled vegetable in mashed potatoes with a blender or pusher.
  3. Mix flavored potato mass with spices, ghee, and mustard, but not boiling milk. Serve the finished dish to the table with any meat, fish and vegetable salads.

Mashed potatoes with fried onions

Required Products:

  • two onions;
  • kilogram of potatoes;
  • 150 milliliters of milk;
  • seasonings to your taste;
  • 50 grams of butter.

Cooking process:

  1. Onions must be cut into smaller pieces, put in a pan with dissolved butter and fry until rosy.
  2. Peel the potato, cut it arbitrarily, so that it cooks faster. Do not make the pieces too small, otherwise the dish will turn out not so tasty.
  3. Boil the potatoes for about 20 minutes in salted water after it boils. But better check the softness of the product with a fork.
  4. Melt the remaining butter on a stove or in a microwave; heat the milk well.
  5. Remove the potatoes from the stove, strain the remaining broth and turn the vegetable cubes into mashed potatoes.
  6. Add milk and butter to it first, and then put the fried onions. Mix well.

This mashed potato is perfect for filling pies.

Lump-free garnish with a mixer

According to this recipe, mashed potatoes are prepared for children without lumps. The dish turns out soft, airy and surely will be pleasant to kids.

Required Products:

  • seasonings to your taste;
  • about a kilogram of potatoes;
  • half a glass of milk;
  • two tablespoons of butter.

Cooking process:

  1. Prepare the potatoes: free from the skins and cut too large tubers. Fill them with water and cook until cooked for about 20 minutes.
  2. During this time, warm the milk, but do not bring to a boil.
  3. We pour water from the potato, which did not evaporate, and immediately put the oil into the vegetable, cut into pieces. We begin to crush the composition with a pusher, then pour milk into it and put spices.
  4. Now the resulting mass must be made lighter with a mixer. Just beat the mashed potatoes for a while at slow revolutions and you will see how its consistency has changed.

Mashed potatoes - it's that simple! And also budget, tasty and beautiful. You can make the dish more tasty with the help of meat gravy or stewed vegetables.

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