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    Home » Recipe Index » Christmas

    Published: Jul 9, 2016 · Modified: Jan 1, 2025 by Cherian Thomas

    Mashed Potatoes Restaurant Style – The dead-arm technique

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    This is the restaurant way of making mashed potatoes at scale. All credits to Ryan Goodwin. The technique is colloquially referred to as "dead arm" in the restaurant circles.

    Mashed Potatoes Restaurant Style – The dead-arm technique

    Jane Jojo
     This is the restaurant way of making mashed potatoes at scale. All credits to Ryan Goodwin. The technique is colloquially referred to as "dead arm" in the restaurant circles.
    4.41 from 5 votes
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    Cook Time 45 minutes mins
    Total Time 45 minutes mins
    Course Main Course
    Cuisine english
    Servings 3 servings
    Calories 43 kcal

    Ingredients
      

    • 5 - 6 potato
    • as required salt
    • as required pepper
    • 1 cream pint
    • 2 tablespoons butter

    Instructions
     

    • Place potatoes on a pan or baking tray in a preheated oven at 450 Fahrenheit
    • Prep butter into small slices.
    • Keep the potatoes for nearly 40 minutes and you have to go by feel if its cooked enough by poking it with a toothpick. It should run all the way inside the potato like poking a boiled egg.
    • Once its ready, keep the oven hot and take the potato one by one and quickly peel with a small knife, holding it on a napkin.
    • Add the potato to a wooden bowl. They insulate the heat well, giving you the ability to hold the vessel.
    • Mash them up by adding cream, butter, salt and pepper. Use a wooden spoon preferably. You have to mash this continuously till your hands give up and hence the term – “dead arm”.

    Nutrition

    Serving: 391gCalories: 43kcalCarbohydrates: 10gProtein: 0.5gFat: 0.4gSaturated Fat: 0.2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.03gMonounsaturated Fat: 0.1gTrans Fat: 0.02gCholesterol: 0.4mgSodium: 73mgPotassium: 22mgFiber: 0.2gSugar: 4gVitamin A: 5IUVitamin C: 0.1mgCalcium: 22mgIron: 0.2mg
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    Comments

    1. Avatar for The_take_it_easy_che The_take_it_easy_che says:
      July 10, 2016

      Good one! Will remember the "dead arm"!

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