Marta Sgubin's Mashed Potatoes For Jackie Kennedy Onassis

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 5 lbs potatoes
• 16 tablespoons kerry irish gold butter, divided
• 4 cups milk, hot

Recipe

• 1 peel the potatoes and place them in a large pot with cold water to cover.
• 2 boil them for 40 minutes or until they are very soft. they are ready if they fall apart when poked with a fork. drain in a colander.
• 3 off the heat, put 12 tablespoons of the butter into the pot in which the potatoes were boiled.
• 4 when it begins to melt from the heat of the pot, fit a food mill with a fine blade over the pot and put the potatoes through it. they really have to be milled; if they are actually mashed, they will be lumpy.
• 5 put the pot of potatoes back on the stove over very low heat. stir with a whisk to incorporate the butter.
• 6 little by litle, begin pouring in the hot milk. stir a lot as you pour so the potatoes get really fluffy. you may not need all of the milk; add enough so the potatoes get to the consistency of thick whipped cream.
• 7 keep the potatoes over low heat and keep stirring. the potatoes have to be really stretched. if they get too thick, add more milk.
• 8 just before serving, beat in the remaining 4 tablespoons of butter. salt and pepper to taste.