Figure out how many potatoes you need for your group.
Fresh Potatoes, Mashed Servings: 25 Serving Size: 1/2 cup Amount Needed: 7 pounds
(from BHG http://www.bhg.com/thanksgiving/planning/thanksgiving-food-shopping/)
Wash, Peel, & Boil your Potatoes until done. at this point drain the potatoes and place them on a greased (butter or olive oil) cookie sheet. bake them at 350 for at least 30 minutes. The goal is to dry out the potatoes as much as possible. Once you have dried them out you want to run them through a potato ricer or we use the Fruit & Vegetable Strainer on our Kitchen Aid Mixer to speed up the process. (You made need to add a little cream to get the dry potatoes to move through the strainer).
At this point there are still no measurements, you just add soft butter and cream to the potatoes until you get the consistency you want. At this point you can season them as you please, we just do a little salt so the potatoes can just compliment the flavor of the Turkey, Gravy, Stuffing, etc.
We were given this recipe by Ethan at Communal Restaurant in Provo Utah (one of our favorites)
http://heirloomrestaurantgroup.com/blog/category/communal/
http://communalrestaurant.com/
