Amazing Mashed Potatoes

MilitantSquatter · 09-30-2006, 08:22 PM

I wish I had time to take pics....

I had a bunch of family over today and made some garlic/rosemary seasoned flank steaks on the kettle with grilled asparagus and mashed potatoes...

Mashed potatoes were going to start off as real basic, but I got the bug to be different.... The reviews at the table were incredible...

12 large brown potatoes (peeled, but not 100% peeled)
Small pack of hickory flavored bacon - diced
2 Jalepeno Beef sausages (Courtesy of Jorge !!! from Opa's Smoked meats in Fredricksburg, TX - http://opassmokedmeats.com/)
1 package of shredded sharp cheddar cheese
5 cloves of garlic - minced
1/3 pt. of heavy cream
1/4 cup (approx)of whole milk
3 tablespoons (approx) of whipped butter
Kosher Salt & Pepper

I indirectly grilled some of the awesome Opa's Jalepeno Beef Sausage Jorge brought to NY i for me in Aug. so my family could sample it... Then I decided to experiment and throw some of it in the mashed potatoes I was going to make. From there I went for broke and also included bacon and sharp cheddar cheese.

Sauteed the miced garlic & diced bacon as the potatoes cooked. Sliced and diced the cooked sausages. Then mixed it all together with the other ingredients... Cheese melted in nicely...

The flank steaks were really good, but all anyone could talk about were how good the mashed potatoes were.... I had to agree... they were amazing... The smoked sausage, bacon and cheese made a boring side dish come to life...

SmokeInDaEye · 09-30-2006, 08:29 PM

Man, those sound amazing, Vinnie! Ive never thought to add meat to mashed taters before. And nothing beats heavy cream and butter!

qman · 09-30-2006, 08:31 PM

Skip the steak and asparagus and give me a bowl of them mashed potatoes mod.
They sound terrific Vinny. And I just ate a rib-eye steak, and promised myself no-more-carbs-for-the-day, and you are tempting me.
I am going to steal this one from you. I know my wife will reward me for making it for her. Soon.

Jorge · 09-30-2006, 10:12 PM

hmmmm, never thought of tossing some of that sausage into a twice baked tater...

Glad it worked out for you. Give my best to your family.

BBQchef33 · 09-30-2006, 10:23 PM

Holy chit.. i think an artery clogged when i read the recipe..

but that dont mean i aint gonna try it.. may replace the jap sausages with something else... that sausage would never make it off the cutting board intact..

they belong in potato rolls smothered in onions..

or jalepeno relish,

or melted cheddar cheese,

or wrapped in a biscuit and baked.. (Pig in a blanket)

or... oh hell now im hungry.

Q_Egg · 09-30-2006, 10:38 PM

.... mighty creative and very tasty-sounding !!! I don't have access to your sausages, but maybe can substitute come really good spicy cajun versions from local Costco. Everything else sounds really decadent ... for mashed taters.

Good stuff!

timzcardz · 10-01-2006, 04:22 AM

Vinny,

Congrats on the potatoes.

I do something very similar (no sausage or heavy cream, plus a little balsamic vinegar and olive oil), with my twice baked potatoes. Also topped with shredded cheddar and crumbled bacon and put back on the grill to finish.

Served this with some of the best filet mignon that I've ever made and yeah, everyone talks about the potatoes.

Remember this next time you go shopping. Pocket the money for the meat and just buy another bag of potatoes!

beerguy · 10-01-2006, 06:34 AM

Vinny, those smashed potatoes sound great! And as Paula Dean says " I aint your nurse, Im your cook" go ahead with all that butter and cream!

cabo · 10-01-2006, 08:08 AM

Ok Vinny,
The tater recipe is already copied & pasted into my “recipe section”. Gotta try them, but grilled Asparagus? I like Asparagus, but never tried it grilled. Could you elaborate please?? How you do dat???
Yeah I know, first you get some Asparagus, then you get some fire

…….Recipe Please!!

beerguy · 10-01-2006, 08:46 AM

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Originally Posted by cabo

Ok Vinny,
The tater recipe is already copied & pasted into my “recipe section”. Gotta try them, but grilled Asparagus? I like Asparagus, but never tried it grilled. Could you elaborate please?? How you do dat???
Yeah I know, first you get some Asparagus, then you get some fire

…….Recipe Please!!

Sprinkle some eevo on the asparagas, some sea salt and cracked pepper, and throw them on a mesh grate so they dont fall into the grill. Heat them thru about 3 mins, so they stay crispy, dont overcook them. I use the real skinny stacks, fat ones dont work as well. Great with the grilled salmon.

qman · 10-01-2006, 09:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by beerguy

Sprinkle some eevo on the asparagas, some sea salt and cracked pepper, and throw them on a mesh grate so they dont fall into the grill. Heat them thru about 3 mins, so they stay crispy, dont overcook them. I use the real skinny stacks, fat ones dont work as well. Great with the grilled salmon.

Me, I do the fat ones because I like to leave them on the fire long enough to pickup some char. Otherwise this is right on.

As a alternate to the mesh grate, you can raft several stalks together, by using bamboo skewers [2 per raft] and skewering through the stalks, building little asparagus rafts, a la Tom Sawyer. Then you turn the whole raft, and also dodge the old falling through the grate problem.

MilitantSquatter · 10-01-2006, 09:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by beerguy

Sprinkle some eevo on the asparagas, some sea salt and cracked pepper, and throw them on a mesh grate so they dont fall into the grill. Heat them thru about 3 mins, so they stay crispy, dont overcook them. I use the real skinny stacks, fat ones dont work as well. Great with the grilled salmon.

Beerguy does it the exact same way I grill the asparagus except I also chop or slice some garlic and let in sit in a ziploc bag with the olive oil for a while.. then grill. I also top with a little crushed red pepper along with the black.

I also prefer the skinny ones as they cook up better (more tender).. Any good steakhouse or hi end restaurant that serves asparagus will use the skinny ones. The larger ones are often too chewy and tough... I end up having to slit the fat ends with a knive...

Ron_L · 10-01-2006, 09:27 AM

I agree with Vinny. Gotta have garlic on the grilled asparagus! Also, top it off with a little fresh grated Parmesan cheese just before serving.

The tater sound great, Vinny! I may have to change my dinner plans. Mashed taters are OK with ribs, aren't they?

The_Kapn · 10-01-2006, 09:39 AM

Darn--I just came home from a decadent breakfast and now I am hungry again.
We do 'sparagus like that all the time--wonderful.
Gotta try some kicked up smashed taters now.

So much food, so little time, so many pounds

TIM

Jorge · 10-01-2006, 09:50 AM

Mandatory in my twice baked are some mushrooms. Saute those in some bacon grease, with a little garlic, and some shallots, seasoned with plenty of fresh cracked pepper.

09-30-2006, 08:22 PM	#1
MilitantSquatter Moderator Join Date: 09-17-05 Location: Mooresville, NC	Amazing Mashed Potatoes I wish I had time to take pics.... I had a bunch of family over today and made some garlic/rosemary seasoned flank steaks on the kettle with grilled asparagus and mashed potatoes... Mashed potatoes were going to start off as real basic, but I got the bug to be different.... The reviews at the table were incredible... 12 large brown potatoes (peeled, but not 100% peeled) Small pack of hickory flavored bacon - diced 2 Jalepeno Beef sausages (Courtesy of Jorge !!! from Opa's Smoked meats in Fredricksburg, TX - http://opassmokedmeats.com/) 1 package of shredded sharp cheddar cheese 5 cloves of garlic - minced 1/3 pt. of heavy cream 1/4 cup (approx)of whole milk 3 tablespoons (approx) of whipped butter Kosher Salt & Pepper I indirectly grilled some of the awesome Opa's Jalepeno Beef Sausage Jorge brought to NY i for me in Aug. so my family could sample it... Then I decided to experiment and throw some of it in the mashed potatoes I was going to make. From there I went for broke and also included bacon and sharp cheddar cheese. Sauteed the miced garlic & diced bacon as the potatoes cooked. Sliced and diced the cooked sausages. Then mixed it all together with the other ingredients... Cheese melted in nicely... The flank steaks were really good, but all anyone could talk about were how good the mashed potatoes were.... I had to agree... they were amazing... The smoked sausage, bacon and cheese made a boring side dish come to life... __________________ XL BGE (#2) & Performer Platinum Former owner: Jambo Backyard, Klose BYC, Lonestar Vertical offset w/ Insulated Firebox, Medium Spicewine, Pitts & Spitts, XL BGE (#1) & (2) Medium BGE's, 22" WSM & (2) 18" WSM's, 18" & 22" Weber Kettles Last edited by MilitantSquatter; 09-30-2006 at 10:27 PM..

09-30-2006, 08:29 PM	#2
SmokeInDaEye Quintessential Chatty Farker Join Date: 07-13-06 Location: Memphis, TN	Man, those sound amazing, Vinnie! Ive never thought to add meat to mashed taters before. And nothing beats heavy cream and butter! __________________ [URL="http://www.bbq-brethren.com"]http://www.SmokeInDaEye.com[/URL] Gen II Komodo Kamado, Pit Barrel Cooker, 3x 18.5" WSMs, 22.5" WSM, modified 18.5" Weber Kettle, 22.5" Weber Kettle circa 1960ish, Weber One Touch Platinum, copper Weber Smokey Joe, La Caja China, Bubba Keg, Bodom Picnic Grill, Weber Genesis

09-30-2006, 08:31 PM	#3
qman Babbling Farker Join Date: 07-08-05 Location: Ocoee, Fl	Skip the steak and asparagus and give me a bowl of them mashed potatoes mod. They sound terrific Vinny. And I just ate a rib-eye steak, and promised myself no-more-carbs-for-the-day, and you are tempting me. I am going to steal this one from you. I know my wife will reward me for making it for her. Soon. __________________ qman Para Bellum

09-30-2006, 10:12 PM	#4
Jorge somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 01-23-04 Location: DFW, San AntonioTx	hmmmm, never thought of tossing some of that sausage into a twice baked tater... Glad it worked out for you. Give my best to your family. __________________ You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline - it helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a beer. --Frank Zappa Keeping Valspar in BBQ, one cook at a time. Recipient of a Huggies box! Shut up, and cook!!!!

09-30-2006, 10:23 PM	#5
BBQchef33 Grand Poobah and Site Admin Join Date: 08-11-03 Location: Long Island, NY Name/Nickname : Phil	Holy chit.. i think an artery clogged when i read the recipe.. but that dont mean i aint gonna try it.. may replace the jap sausages with something else... that sausage would never make it off the cutting board intact.. they belong in potato rolls smothered in onions.. or jalepeno relish, or melted cheddar cheese, or wrapped in a biscuit and baked.. (Pig in a blanket) or... oh hell now im hungry. __________________ Site Administrator and Grand PooBah CBJ with a Fuzzy Blue Hat, 18 Foot Competition Trailer, Customized Klose BYC, Custom Built Shirley built to feed our Veterans(A.K.A "Abrams"), 1 Double Barreled Lang 84, 1 Heavily Modified Bionic Bandera, 1 Custom Super Medium Stickburning Spicewine w/stoker, 2 XL BGE, 1 Mini BGE, 2 Pit Barrel Cookers, 3 WSMs, 3 Weber Kettles, an NB Hondo, A Modified Brinkman Horizontal, DCS 48" Grill, a Broilmaster P3, a Blackstone 36 and 17, a covered, pellet pooping FEC100, and our duck died. :( News Flash: "A mans worth is judged by the weight of his integrity " You know your getting older when you choose your cereal for the fiber, not the toy Smoke on KC. WWW.BBQ-BRETHREN.COM

09-30-2006, 10:38 PM	#6
Q_Egg is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 05-06-06 Location: St George, UT	.... mighty creative and very tasty-sounding !!! I don't have access to your sausages, but maybe can substitute come really good spicy cajun versions from local Costco. Everything else sounds really decadent ... for mashed taters. Good stuff! __________________ Tom B. [FONT=Garamond]aka tommy_bandera ---------------------------------- GMG_Daniel Boone _ pellets only Big Green Egg _ Large _ need high heat Broilmaster D3 'natural' gasser [I]CB Bandera .. hooked me Traeger Texas 075 spoiled me[/I][/FONT]

10-01-2006, 04:22 AM	#7
timzcardz Babbling Farker Join Date: 07-22-05 Location: Long Island, NY	Vinny, Congrats on the potatoes. I do something very similar (no sausage or heavy cream, plus a little balsamic vinegar and olive oil), with my twice baked potatoes. Also topped with shredded cheddar and crumbled bacon and put back on the grill to finish. Served this with some of the best filet mignon that I've ever made and yeah, everyone talks about the potatoes. Remember this next time you go shopping. Pocket the money for the meat and just buy another bag of potatoes! __________________ GRIM REAPER SMOKERS - "BBQ To Die For" ™ "Founders Club" Operation BBQ Relief Weber Smokey Mountain x 3 Weber Genesis Silver x 2 Weber One Touch Gold Weber Performer x 2 Weber Smokey Joe Bottle of Absolut Bottle of Beer Everything Ripken, "Cards and Que. One tastes of cardboard, the other sweet blue." ©

10-01-2006, 06:34 AM	#8
beerguy is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 05-05-05 Location: Fredericksburg Va	Vinny, those smashed potatoes sound great! And as Paula Dean says " I aint your nurse, Im your cook" go ahead with all that butter and cream! __________________ I support PETA - People Eating Tasty Animals Other half of the Cat Sass BBQ team Traeger BBQ100 18.5 " WSM X2 Weber Gold Kettle 22 1/2" Weber 18 1/2 " 22.5 " WSM X2

10-01-2006, 08:08 AM	#9
cabo is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 08-11-03 Location: Columbia, S.C.	Ok Vinny, The tater recipe is already copied & pasted into my “recipe section”. Gotta try them, but grilled Asparagus? I like Asparagus, but never tried it grilled. Could you elaborate please?? How you do dat??? Yeah I know, first you get some Asparagus, then you get some fire …….Recipe Please!! __________________ N.B. 'Dera (modified), gone to another place (RIP), ECCG (el cheapo charcoal grill), an Alveron propane, and wood hog cooker, bullitt type smokers, a GM Jim Bowie, a turkey fryer, and a pretty well stocked kitchen. Cabo _________________________________________ I was raised an only child, now I have brothers & sisters around the world!!

10-01-2006, 09:27 AM	#13
Ron_L Moderator Join Date: 12-09-04 Location: Wandering, but not lost Name/Nickname : Captain Ron	I agree with Vinny. Gotta have garlic on the grilled asparagus! Also, top it off with a little fresh grated Parmesan cheese just before serving. The tater sound great, Vinny! I may have to change my dinner plans. Mashed taters are OK with ribs, aren't they? __________________ "Ron Rico, Boss. You can call me Captain Ron..." Naked Fatties Rock! PKGo X 2/PK360/Weber Q1000/Blackstone Camping Griddle/Pit Boss Pro Series 850

10-01-2006, 09:39 AM	#14
The_Kapn Moderator Emeritus Join Date: 04-08-04 Location: Marianna, FL Name/Nickname : Tim	Darn--I just came home from a decadent breakfast and now I am hungry again. We do 'sparagus like that all the time--wonderful. Gotta try some kicked up smashed taters now. So much food, so little time, so many pounds TIM __________________ "Flirtin' with Disaster" BBQ Team (RETIRED) New Ninja Woodfired Grill for Christmas 2023

10-01-2006, 09:50 AM	#15
Jorge somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 01-23-04 Location: DFW, San AntonioTx	Mandatory in my twice baked are some mushrooms. Saute those in some bacon grease, with a little garlic, and some shallots, seasoned with plenty of fresh cracked pepper. __________________ You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline - it helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a beer. --Frank Zappa Keeping Valspar in BBQ, one cook at a time. Recipient of a Huggies box! Shut up, and cook!!!!