Why Cook Garlic with Potatoes: An Interesting Culinary Trick Every Gourmet Should Know
While boiling potatoes, some experienced housewives throw a couple of cloves of garlic into the pan.
Sometimes a whole, unpeeled head of vegetable ends up in boiling water.
The result of this culinary trick is potatoes with a bright and unusual aroma.
However, it is advisable to use this trick if you plan to get not just boiled potatoes, but mashed potatoes.
An unusual life hack was told by the Belnovosti online publication's expert in the field of cooking, chef, and fourth-class baker Yulia Arkhipova .
Why cook garlic with potatoes
It's very simple: thanks to heat treatment together with the spicy vegetable, the nightshade is imbued with a bright, piquant taste.
If the potatoes are later “combined” with milk and butter, the aroma will become even more pleasant.
In other words, the cooked vegetable must be “processed” with a potato masher, mixing it with the two above-mentioned components.
The result is a very appetizing mashed potato that no true gourmet can refuse.
Earlier, the expert told how to properly reheat cooled mashed potatoes.
