can you mash potatoes
1299098
Mashing potatoes is easy with this. I also often puree cauliflower with this.
1299099
Haven' t tried mashed potatoes, but I think they would be too blended or gluey. Great for butternut squash soup, though.
416590
No. Use a coarser grater for a potato. This is very fine and good for tasks like zesting lemon and orange peel, and grating ginger.
884774
Either plate would work for mashed potatoes. The plate with the smallest holes would make smoother and creamier potatoes.
1873427
Yes as long as you par cook them first (either boil or microwave). You don't need to cook very long just soften them up a bit. The other trick for this item is to spray PAM on the blades. I had trouble with regular potatoes so contacted the company and they told me both these tricks.
217123
Hmmm. How many potatoes are you mashing and mixing? When I use it for mashed potatoes, it's usually with 4-6 potatoes tops. I break them down with a potato masher first and add a little milk or vegetable broth during the mixing depending on the recipe. Additionally, I do not continuously blend. I move the blender around in the pot to help it. Perhaps it's the initial mashing or the addition of liquids, but the machine rarely needs more than just a few minutes to blend perfectly smooth potatoes. Cheers!
88091
If you are mashing in a bag or have another way to remove the grain after the mash yes.
1219876
No but it comes with a larger (big foot) attachment it is larger than the one shown in the pic attached to the blender, it should be able to handle potatoes
287117
No. You need to wash the potatoes and pat dry. The potatoes are already wet.
1212808
They are pretty big & I have used them with mashed potatoes, so I would say yes.
1343079
If you mean the whisk attachment, I am certain the whisk would NOT work for potatoes, nor would any other whisk. Whisks are for incorporating (fluffing) air into things, such as whipping cream or mixing two liquid type things together. Potatoes are firm and need to be mashed or riced. The immersion blender itself, is powerful. I can hardly believe how quickly it smoothed out every thing I've tried thus far. My favorite part is how extremely easy it is to clean up afterwards.
1817368
You can make applesauce with these, or you can just cook down the ingredients and either puree them in a blender or leave it chunky. An old fashioned hand potato masher also does a nice job of make a less chunky version. A food mill can allow you to process the apples with skin on (quarter the apples and de-seed), then cook down and either jar or freeze. It kind of depends on how much and what style you want to make.
74414
I have just started using it myself. Heats up leftovers well and quickly. I'm not sur how it would do with a potatoe. Might be best to micro those.
2043062
You use the ricer on the potatoes (collecting them in a bowl under it) then when you're done with the ricer you stir in the milk and butter evenly with a fork or whisk. The advantage of a ricer is it limits the amount of starch released and keeps the mashed potatoes from getting gluey. It also eliminates lumps (which some prefer).
2114113
Since this saucepan is stainless steel using an electric mixer to mash potatoes should not be a problem. HOWEVER, this 1-qt size pan is rather small and in my opinion would not give you sufficient room for maneuvering an electric hand mixer without the contents of the saucepan spilling out. In my opinion, I would recommend using the 3-qt size for handling mashed potatoes with an electric hand mixer.
490774
Yes, actually you can do two baked potatoes in it. Sometimes, I even cube the potatoes into chunks to cook. Then, I put butter or sour cream on the potatoes once I take them out of the microwave. Hope that this helps!
1316165
You have to cook whatever you are going to rice until fairly soft to avoid having to have a lot of strength. I got it because I wanted to make hash browns and spaetzle otherwise a potato masher is easier.
1670007
No. You really don't need a recipe. Just microwave the potatoes in the glove. They come out just like baked potatoes but in a much shorter time. Potatoes can be microwaved without the glove but the product is less moist. Be sure to turn over as they direct, half way thru the cook time.