Roasted garlic and bacon mashed potatoes
Smoky, salty bacon with fresh roasted garlic makes these potatoes a must have side dish for special occasions
Ingredients
- 1 head garlic
- 1 lbs bacon
- 1 T olive oil
- 3 lbs potatoes I like red potatoes for this
- 1 C sour cream
- ⅓ C salted butter
- milk as reqruired
- salt & pepper to taste
Instructions
Roasting the garlic
- Preheat the oven to 425°F.
- Slice off the top of the garlic head, drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle with kosher salt
- Wrap the garlic head in foil and roast in the oven for 45-55 minutes.
- Take garlic out of oven and let sit for about 15 minutes while you prepare the bacon and potatoes
Prepare and cook bacon
- Cut bacon strips into 1/2" wide pieces
- Cook in pan on medium heat until bacon is browned
- When cooked, pour off most of the bacon grease leaving about 1 tablespoon in pan
- Add bacon and remaining bacon grease to potatoes
Cook the potatoes
- Peel and cube the potatoes, then place them in a large pot of cold salted water.
- Boil the potatoes uncovered for 15-20 minutes or until they are fork-tender. Drain well.
- Add bacon, sour cream, butter and roasted garlic
- Mash the potatoes and roasted garlic using a potato masher until smooth.
- Add milk a little bit at a time while mashing to reach the desired consistency.
- Season with salt and pepper. Serve hot.
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