Transylvania Mashed Potatoes Recipes

Steps:

• Bring a pot of salted water to a boil. Add potatoes and cook until tender but still firm, about 15 minutes; drain.
• In a small saucepan heat butter and milk over low heat until butter is melted. Using a potato masher or electric beater, slowly blend milk mixture into potatoes until smooth and creamy. Season with salt and pepper to taste.

Steps:

• In a large pot, bring a gallon of water and 2 tablespoons salt to a boil over high heat. Peel and quarter potatoes and keep in cold water until ready to cook. (This can be done up to 4 hours in advance.) Add potatoes to boiling water and boil about 15 to 20 minutes, until soft; a knife should go in with almost no resistance. (It is better to overcook than to undercook.)
• In a saucepan or a microwave oven, heat butter and milk together until butter melts and mixture steams. Drain potatoes well and return to pot. Shake them around in the hot pan or over very low heat for a minute (you want dry potatoes). Using an extruding masher or a ricer, mash hot potatoes until smooth, about 2 minutes. Lightly mix in about half of hot butter mixture, just until blended. Taste for salt and add more butter mixture until seasoned to your liking.
• Stop here for fluffy potatoes. For creamy potatoes, keep stirring potato mixture, using a sturdy spoon to press it against sides and bottom of pot. Mix until dense and thick. For whipped potatoes, use a stand mixer to mash hot potatoes just until smooth, about 30 seconds. Add all the butter mixture and salt to taste, pulsing machine in short bursts at medium speed. When light and creamy, stop mixing immediately. (Potatoes can quickly become sticky.)
• To keep hot until ready to serve, transfer to serving bowl, dot top with butter, cover tightly and keep in a warm place, like the back of the stove. Potatoes will stay hot for at least 30 minutes. To keep longer, place covered bowl in a pan holding about an inch of gently simmering water. Before serving, mix well.

Steps:

• Wash the sauerkraut under cold running water then soak in cold water for 20 minutes to reduce its sourness. Strain well, pressing out all the water.
• Melt the butter in a 5-quart casserole and add the onions. Cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally until lightly coloured, 6 to 8 minutes.
• Add the garlic, season with salt and cook a minute or two longer.
• Stir in the paprika, pour in 1/2 cup of broth and bring to boil.
• Add the pork cubes.
• Spread the sauerkraut over the pork and sprinkle with carraway seeds.
• In a small bowl combine the tomato puree and the rest of the broth and pour the mixture over the sauerkraut.
• Bring the liquid to a boil once more, then reduce heat to its lowest point. Season with a pinch of salt, cover casserole and simmer for 1 hour.
• Check occasionally to make sure that the liquid has not cooked away. Add a little stock or water if required.
• When the pork is tender, combine the creams in a mixing bowl and beat the flour into the cream with a whisk. Carefully stir the mixture into the casserole. Simmer for 10 minutes longer and season with salt to taste.
• Serve in large wide bowls accompanied by a side of sour cream.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400°F.
• Mash the potatoes.
• Half of the flour plus the yeast are put into one cup of hot water and then poured over the potatoes.
• The composition is mixed well (~30 minutes).
• The dough is kneaded with more flour and allowed to rise in a warm place (under a blanket or in an oven on warm) for 2 hours.
• To the risen bread is added the rest of the flour and the salt dissolved in hot water and is kneaded vigorously for 30 minutes or until the dough does not stick to the hand anymore.
• The dough is allowed to rise again for 50 minutes the dough can be cut or placed in the form of choice.
• Make sure to rub a bit of oil or butter on the bread pans so the dough does not stick.
• Let the bread rise for another 30 minutes inside the bread pans.
• Bake for 30 minutes.

Steps:

• Wash and peel potatoes. Place in large pot and cover with lightly salted water. Bring to boil over medium heat and cook until easily penetrated by fork. Do not overcook.
• Melt butter in small saucepan. Peel garlic and add to butter over low heat, cooking until tender. Do not let garlic burn. When garlic is tender add cream and black pepper, heat almost to a boil.
• Drain water from potatoes and mash with a fork or potato masher. Add just enough chicken broth to break down potatoes.
• Place garlic mixture in a blender or food processor and puree. Once this step is complete slowly add the mixture to the potatoes and beat with an electric hand mixer until smooth, and serve.