Holiday Mashed Potato Recipes

By Food & Wine
Updated May 17, 2017
From mashed potatoes with crispy shallots to sweet potato soufflé, here are delicious holiday mashed potato recipes.
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Mashed Sweet Potatoes with Greek Yogurt

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Classic mashed sweet potatoes are made even sweeter with a touch of brown sugar and maple syrup, then given a dose of creaminess with a generous dollop of Greek yogurt.

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Buttery Pumpkin Mashed Potatoes

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F&W’s Justin Chapple likes mixing canned pumpkin puree into his silky, buttery mashed potatoes for extra color and great flavor.

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The Cheesiest Mashed Potatoes

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Chef Lee Hefter's mashed potatoes are so packed with cheese, they're almost like fondue.

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Red Skin Potato Mash

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No need to peel potatoes. Leaving the skin on these potatoes gives this fluffy, creamy dish a nice added crunch alongside thinly sliced scallions.

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Chantilly Potatoes with a Parmesan Crust

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This dairy-rich, luxe recipe calls for heavy cream and cheese.

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Vanilla Bean-Whipped Sweet Potatoes

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New York chef Gerry Hayden contributed this side dish to the holiday meal. Everybody fell for the combination of creamy pureed potato and fragrant vanilla.

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Whipped Yukon Gold Potatoes

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These potatoes from Thomas Keller’s restaurant Ad Hoc have a wonderfully fluffy texture because they’re passed through a ricer or food mill to make them especially airy. But they’re also nicely rich, thanks to generous amounts of butter and heavy cream.

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Sweet Potato Soufflé

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These mashed sweet potatoes are topped with Gruyère then baked so that the cheese forms a nutty-flavored crust.

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Mashed Potatoes with Manchego and Olive Oil

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Instead of using butter, chef José Andrés prefers to add richness with olive oil and Manchego cheese. His tip: “Add the olive oil slowly to the potatoes because if you dump it in all at once, you’ll get streaks of oil.”

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Herbed Potato Soufflé

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“Most people are afraid of soufflés because they think soufflés are so delicate,” says Mike Davis. The starchy potatoes here, however, prevent this fluffy soufflé from falling. If you plan to serve this recipe with the Syrah-Braised Lamb Shoulder, prepare it through Step 2 while the lamb cooks, then bake it as soon as the lamb comes out of the oven.

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Sweet Potato Soufflé with Molasses Sauce

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This dish is a French take on an American classic. You can serve it without the molasses sauce for a lighter and less sweet version.

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Potato Puree

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These simple mashed potatoes are made with a touch of garlic for a supersavory flavor everyone will relish in.

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Mashed Potatoes with Butternut Squash

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For ultrafluffy potatoes, Grace Parisi presses them through a ricer. To achieve a similar texture, pass the potatoes through a food mill or a fine-mesh sieve. If you choose to mash them by hand, be gentle; otherwise, the potatoes will turn gluey.

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Brown Butter Mashed Potatoes

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Michael Symon’s four-ingredient potatoes get plenty of flavor from browned butter and crème fraîche. Reserve a little browned butter to drizzle on the potatoes just before serving.

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Mashed Potatoes with Crispy Shallots

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For ultrafluffy potatoes, Grace Parisi presses them through a ricer. To achieve a similar texture, pass the potatoes through a food mill or a fine-mesh sieve. If you choose to mash them by hand, be gentle; otherwise, the potatoes will turn gluey.

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