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Cook it!. Manu. Today in Cook it!. What are your priorities if you enjoy this dish: Stuff Yourself Easy to cook Festival Oriented Cheap. Stuff Yourself. Winter is coming Need to have a big dinner with your family You want to put on weight. Easy to cook. Only 3 Steps: The 3 Cs Clean
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Cook it! Manu
Today in Cook it! • What are your priorities if you enjoy this dish: • Stuff Yourself • Easy to cook • Festival Oriented • Cheap
Stuff Yourself • Winter is coming • Need to have a big dinner with your family • You want to put on weight
Easy to cook Only 3 Steps: The 3 Cs • Clean • Cut • Cook • Crush
Festival Oriented • Traditional Festival food for Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year’s Eve. • Usually eaten with “birds”
Cheap • Are you really tight with your money? • Do you have a big family and cannot afford to spend a fortune?
What you will need for 4 people… • 2 lbs of potatoes • 2 or 3 cloves of garlic • 1 Chinese Teacup of Milk • 1 Chinese Teacup of Whipping Cream • 1 tablespoon of butter • Salt & Pepper
What is all that? • Lbs.=Pounds=500g= 1 斤 • Chinese Teacup • clove of garlic • Whipping Cream
What Utensils you will need… • Pot • Cutting Board • Chef’s Knife • Blender/Masher
What to do… • Boil water in the pot (enough to contain 2 lbs of potatoes
What to do meanwhile… • Peel the potatoes and garlic • Dice the potatoes and chop the garlic
And then… • Put the diced potatoes and chopped garlic into the boiling water • Boil for 5 minutes • Simmer for 20 minutes
In the meantime… • Mix the cream, the butter and the milk • Warm it up (not to boiling point)
Almost done… • Drain the pot (get rid of the water) • Heat the potatoes and garlic again at low heat for 1 minute (watch out not to burn) • Mash thoroughly
At last… • Mix the mashed potatoes and garlic with the warm cream/butter/milk • Add Salt and Pepper to your tatse • Serve • Eat while it is warm
Why is it super-good? • Kids can play with it • Makes you feel full, but it is not unhealthy • Perfect before watching a movie in the evening wrapped in a blanket • Finish up with a hot chocolate
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Push it forward… • While everything is cooking in pots, pre-heat your oven 180 degrees C. • After mashed and mixed, put your mashed potatoes in an oven safe dish • Sprinkle cheese on top • Baked until the top is browned