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Bacon and Blue Mashed Potato Bake

Source of Recipe

From "Southern Living Bourbon & Bacon"


Recipe Introduction

"When you add a wedge of blue cheese and crispy, crumbled bacon to classic buttermilk mashed potatoes, the results are an outstanding Bacon and Blue Mashed Potato Bake. These savory potatoes are a great accompaniment to grilled steak."

List of Ingredients

◦  4 pounds baking potatoes
◦  2 tsp salt
◦  1¼ cups warm buttermilk
◦  ½ cup warm milk
◦  ¼ cup melted butter
◦  ½ tsp freshly ground black pepper
◦  1 tsp salt
◦  1 (4-ounce) wedge blue cheese, crumbled
◦  8 bacon slices, cooked and crumbled


Recipe

Peel potatoes; cut into 2-inch pieces. Bring potatoes, 2 teaspoons salt, and water to cover to a boil in a large Dutch oven over medium-high heat; boil 20 minutes or until tender. Drain. Return potatoes to Dutch oven, reduce heat to low, and cook, stirring occasionally, 3 to 5 minutes or until potatoes are dry.

Preheat oven to 350° F.
Mash potatoes with a potato masher to desired consistency. Stir in warm buttermilk, warm milk, melted butter, pepper, and 1 teaspoon salt, stirring just until blended.

Stir in blue cheese and bacon, and spoon mixture into a lightly greased 2½-quart baking dish or eight 10-ounce ramekins. Bake at 350° F for 35 minutes.


Makes 6 to 8 servings