Smooshed Potatoes

By salizler

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Ingredients

Red potatoes
yellow potatoes
or other smaller-ish variety
Sea salt & freshly ground black pepper (yes
this matters)
High-quality olive oil
A tad bit of butter for flavor on each potato
if desired

Details

Level of difficulty Average
Cost Average budget

Preparation

Step 1

Add as many whole potatoes as you need to a pot of salted water. Bring to a boil, cover, and simmer/steam the potatoes until they are fork-tender. At this stage, you can remove the potatoes and keep them hanging around until you need them – OR – you can proceed on…

Step 2

Generously (generously, I say!) oil a baking sheet with your olive oil. Just dump a quarter-cup or so on there and smear it around with your fingers. This will keep the potatoes from sticking.

Step 3

Arrange the whole potatoes on the baking sheet.Then, using a potato masher or the bottom of a glass, gently ‘smoosh’ the potatoes. Not so much that it breaks the bottom skin and crumbles the potato, but just enough that is smooshes all that potato-y goodness out.