Mash Your Way to Comfort

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In all of their starchy glory, potatoes are arguably one of the most <a href="https://www.saveur.com/fried-roasted-mashed-potato-recipes">versatile vegetables</a>. You can roast them or bake them or fry them, but it's still hard to beat mashed potatoes. Tired of traditional mashed potatoes? Try mashing them with avocado instead of butter. With recipes like mashed potato dumplings, fritters, and even fluffy brownies with mashed potatoes in the batter, our best mashed potato recipes prove the possibilities are endless for this creamy comfort food. (Jenny Huang | Food Stylist: Laura Rege | Prop Stylist: Vanessa Vazquez/)Image may be NSFW.
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A garlic-enriched béchamel renders these parsley-flecked potatoes creamy and decadent. Get the recipe for <a href="https://www.saveur.com/article/recipes/julia-childs-garlic-mashed-potatoes/">Julia Child's Garlic Mashed Potatoes</a> (Romulo Yanes/)Image may be NSFW.
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Leave it to the potato-loving Irish to dream up colcannon, spuds mashed with finely chopped cabbage and enriched with lots of cream. Get the recipe for <a href="http://www.saveur.com/article/Recipes/Classic-Colcannon">Colcannon</a> (Penny De Los Santos/)Image may be NSFW.
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Mashed potatoes combined with butter and crème fraîche make a rich, creamy side. Any root vegetable can be used in combination with or in place of the potatoes. Get the recipe for <a href="https://www.saveur.com/article/recipes/creme-fraiche-mashed-potatoes">Crème Fraîche Mashed Potatoes</a> (Farideh Sadeghin/)Image may be NSFW.
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Passing cooked potatoes through the fine holes of a potato ricer ensures a silky consistency for this ultrarich side. Get the recipe for <a href="http://www.saveur.com/article/recipes/bouchon-bistro-pomme-puree-mashed-potatoes">Pomme Purée</a> (Ingalls Photography/)Image may be NSFW.
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This Iowa-style noodles dish is a carb-lovers paradise: Creamy mashed potatoes, tender hand-made noodles, warm brown gravy. Get the recipe for <a href="http://www.saveur.com/article/Recipes/Noodles-and-Gravy">Noodles and Gravy</a> (Matt Taylor-Gross/)Image may be NSFW.
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Mashed potatoes go green with avocado and cilantro in this bright recipe. Get the recipe for <a href="http://www.saveur.com/scallops-avocado-mashed-potatoes-recipe">Scallops with Avocado Mashed Potatoes</a> (Farideh Sadeghin/)Image may be NSFW.
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A creamy mashed potato filling is coated in instant mashed potato flakes and potato starch before being pan-fried to a flawless golden crust. Get the recipe for <a href="https://www.saveur.com/article/Recipes/Modernist-Latkes-Potato-Pancakes/">Modernist Latkes</a> (Helen Rosner/)Image may be NSFW.
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The unexpected addition of mashed potatoes adds an exceptional creaminess to dark chocolate fudge in this recipe adapted from Patty Pinner's cookbook <em>Sweets.</em> Get the recipe for <a href="https://www.saveur.com/article/recipes/mashed-potato-fudge/">Mashed Potato Fudge</a> (Helen Rosner/)Image may be NSFW.
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These flavorful mashed potatoes are spiced with mustard seeds, fresh curry leaves, turmeric, and ginger, and mixed with peas. Get the recipe for <a href="https://www.saveur.com/article/recipes/aloo-masala-south-indian-masala-potatoes/">South Indian Curry-Mashed Potatoes (Aloo Masala)</a> (Ingalls Photography/)Image may be NSFW.
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This Mumbai street-food snack was inspired by a recipe from cookbook author and teacher Raghavan Iyer. Mashed potatoes are seasoned with cumin, mustard seeds, curry leaves, ginger, and chile; balls of the aromatic mash are then coated in a turmeric-accented chickpea-flour batter and deep-fried until crisp and golden. Get the recipe for <a href="http://www.saveur.com/article/recipes/aloo-bonda-indian-mashed-potato-fritters">Aloo Bonda (Indian Mashed Potato Fritters)</a> (Ingalls Photography/)Image may be NSFW.
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To make these crisp-crusted fritters, mashed potatoes blended with pan-fried shallots and freshly grated nutmeg are dipped in beaten egg and fried. Get the recipe for <a href="https://www.saveur.com/article/recipes/perkedel-kenteng-padang-style-mashed-potato-fritters/">Padang-Style Mashed Potato Fritters (Perkedel Kenteng)</a> (Ingalls Photography/)Image may be NSFW.
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Kroppkakor, hearty mashed potato dumplings stuffed with an allspice-laden filling of bacon and onion, are a specialty of Oland, an island off the southern coast of Sweden. Get the recipe for <a href="https://www.saveur.com/article/recipes/kroppkakor-swedish-potato-dumplings-stuffed-with-bacon-and-onion/">Kroppkakor (Swedish Potato Dumplings Stuffed with Bacon and Onion)</a> (Ingalls Photography/)Image may be NSFW.
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Homemade lemon mayonnaise adds zesty flavor to these tender, coarsely mashed potatoes. Get the recipe for <a href="https://www.saveur.com/article/recipes/lemon-mayonnaise-smashed-potato-salad">Lemon Mayonnaise Smashed Potato Salad</a> (Gemma and Andrew Ingalls/)Image may be NSFW.
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These easy pancakes are made from a mash of roasted sweet potatoes. They get a fiery kick from Thai chiles and a crispy crust from a coating of panko. Get the recipe for <a href="https://www.saveur.com/article/recipes/spicy-sweet-potato-cakes">Spicy Sweet Potato Cakes</a> (Ingalls Photography/)Image may be NSFW.
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Maple syrup enhances the sweetness of this simple sweet potato mash. Get the recipe for <a href="https://www.saveur.com/article/Recipes/Maple-Butter-Mashed-Sweet-Potatoes/">Maple Butter Mashed Sweet Potatoes</a> (Maxime Iattoni/)Image may be NSFW.
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Earthy celery root and nutty Grana Padano cheese add intrigue to this otherwise classic mashed potato recipe. (Jenny Huang | Food Stylist: Laura Rege | Prop Stylist: Vanessa Vazquez/)Image may be NSFW.
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