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Servings: 4 persons

Baked Mashed Potatoes

A simple and delicious way to reuse leftover mashed potatoes and give them new life. These little "cakes" of baked mashed potatoes are easy to make and taste really good as a side dish to, for example, a roast.
Author: Anette Søstrøm Asmussen
Course: Dinner, Sides
Cuisine: Danish
Keyword: Danish food, Grandma'S Food, Leftovers, Potato, Sides, Stop Food Waste
Prep Time: 1 hour
Cook Time: 25 minutes

Equipment

  • Pot
  • Deciliter Measure
  • Piping Bag
  • Oven

Ingredients

  • 1.5 kg Potato
  • 75 gram Butter
  • 100 gram Milk or potato cooking water
  • Spices salt and pepper
  • Nutmeg grated, can be omitted

Instructions

  • Boil the potatoes until very tender in plenty of water without salt. This takes about 20-30 minutes.
  • Drain the water - save some for the mash if needed - and add the butter.
  • Mash the potatoes with your preferred tool and add milk or cooking water until the mash has a suitable consistency.
  • Season with salt, pepper and optionally grated nutmeg.
  • Put the mashed potatoes into a piping bag and pipe them out into long strips (as shown in the picture) onto a baking tray lined with parchment paper.
  • Freeze them for at least a couple of hours.
  • Bake the mashed potatoes in the oven at 200 degrees Celsius (392 degrees Fahrenheit) with fan for about 25-30 minutes.

Notes

My oven bakes a bit unevenly, so unfortunately there was a difference in whether they were crispy or not.