German Potato Purée (Kartoffelbrei Rezept)
One of the easiest ways to cook potatoes is probably potato purée. All you need to do is peel, cook, mash and season the potatoes. My favourite part of this side dish is that it does not need to look picture-perfect, since it is meant to be messy!
Yield: 6 people
Equipment
- 1 Electric hand mixer
Ingredients you need
- 1 kg Starchy potatoes
- 2 l Water enough water to cover the potatoes
- 100 - 120 g Butter
- 2 tsp Salt
- 0.5 tsp Ground nutmeg powder
- 250 ml Warm milk
Directions
- Peel potatoes and cut them roughly into chunks.
- Cook potatoes in a pot of unsalted water for about 45 mins until they are soft (poke a fork or a knife into the potatoes, if they fall apart then they are ready).
- Drain potatoes in a colander or a strainer and pour the potatoes back into the pot or a large container.
- Add butter, salt, ground nutmeg powder and warm milk to the warm potatoes
- Mash potatoes using either a potato masher or a hand mixer. I prefer using a hand mixer because it speeds up the process, and it gives the potato purée a creamy consistent.
