Goat Cheese & Black Olive Mashed Potatoes

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 1/2 lbs potatoes, peeled and quartered (yukon gold are good)
• 1 tablespoon fresh thyme (you can substitute with 1 tsp dried thyme)
• 4 garlic cloves, chopped
• 1/4 cup half-and-half cream
• 4 ounces mild goat cheese, crumbled
• 1/3 cup chopped black olives
• 2 tablespoons virgin olive oil
• salt and pepper

Recipe

• 1 boil the potatoes with the thyme for 10 minutes.
• 2 add the garlic and cook until potatoes are tender (about 5-10 minutes more).
• 3 reserve 1/3 cup potato water.
• 4 drain the potatoes and garlic.
• 5 mash potatoes and garlic until smooth.
• 6 stir in cream, goat cheese, olives, olive oil salt and pepper.
• 7 if the texture is too stiff, stir in a little of the reserved potato water to make them fluffy.