French Mashed Potatoes with Cheese and Garlic (Aligot) | America's Test Kitchen

French Mashed Potatoes with Cheese and Garlic (Aligot) | America's Test Kitchen

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French cookery’s intensely rich, cheesy take on mashed potatoes flouts the rules. To Americanize the dish, we ignored a few more. Vive la résistance!

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Ingredients

  • 2 pounds Yukon Gold potatoes (4 to 6 medium), peeled, cut into 1/2-inch-thick slices, rinsed well, and drained
  • Table salt
  • 6 tablespoons unsalted butter
  • 2 medium garlic cloves , minced or pressed through a garlic press (about 2 teaspoons)
  • 1 - 1 1/2 cups whole milk
  • 4 ounces mozzarella cheese , shredded (about 1 cup) (see note)
  • 4 ounces Gruyère cheese , shredded (about 1 cup) (see note)
  • Ground black pepper

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