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Blue Cheese Mashed Potatoes topped with Caramelized Onions and Mushrooms

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Blue Cheese Mashed Potatoes topped with Caramelized Onions and Mushrooms
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Although the herb roasted turkey breast was the center piece of my Thanksgiving meal, this side dish was what I was looking forward to. You just can’t go wrong with creamy mashed potatoes and I had been dreaming about these mashed potatoes for a while now. I don’t make mashed potatoes all that often because I tend to inhale them a little too quickly but this was a special occasion so it was alright. Adding cheese to mashed potatoes is a sure fire way to add a ton of flavour and this time I wanted to try using a creamy blue cheese to give them a nice tanginess. Blue cheese also goes well with sautéed mushrooms and sweet caramelized onions and the plan was to top those fluffy white cloud like mashed potatoes with them.
This mashed potato dish is pretty straight forward to make but because of all of the slicing, chopping, sautéing, boiling and mashing they take a bit of time and effort but they are well worth it! The tangy blue cheese mellows out nicely in the mashed potatoes adding that hint of flavour without overpowering them. The mashed potatoes would have been pretty amazing just like that but topping them with the caramelized mushrooms and onions took them out of this world! The flavour combination of the blue cheese with the mushrooms and sweet caramelized onions was fantastic and serving them on those heavenly white cloud like mashed potatoes finished the dish off perfectly.

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Blue Cheese Mashed Potatoes

Blue Cheese Mashed Potatoes

Prep Time:10 minutes Cook Time:30 minutes Total Time:40 minutes Servings: 4
ingredients
  • 1 pound potatoes, peeled and cut into 1 inch cubes
  • 4 ounces blue cheese (crumbled, room temperature)
  • 1 tablespoon butter, room temperature
  • milk to taste
  • salt and pepper to taste
directions
  1. Boil the potatoes until the potatoes are fork tender, about 20-30 minutes.
  2. Drain the potatoes and mash.
  3. Mix in the blue cheese, butter and milk to taste.
  4. Mix in the parsley.
Caramelized Onions and Mushrooms

Caramelized Onions and Mushrooms

Cook Time:40 minutes Total Time:40 minutes Servings: 4
ingredients
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 large onion (sliced)
  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • 8 ounces mushrooms (cleaned and sliced)
  • 1 clove garlic (chopped)
  • 1/2 teaspoon thyme (chopped)
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • 1/4 cup white wine (or broth)
directions
  1. Heat the oil in a pan over medium-high heat.
  2. Add the onion and cook until it starts to caramelize, about 10-15 minutes.
  3. Add the butter and let it melt.
  4. Add the mushrooms and saute until they release their liquids, it evaporates and the mushrooms start to caramelize, about 15-20 minutes.
  5. Add the garlic and thyme and saute until fragrant, about a minute.
  6. Season with salt and pepper.
  7. Add the wine, deglazed the pan and cook until it has evaporated.
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  17. Laurie says

    October 15, 2010 at 2:55 pm

    You had me at potato! I'm a self-proclaimed potato addict and I have a new love for blue cheese. This is right up my alley! I will definitely give this a try.
    I made your Cheesy Mushroom Dip for Thanksgiving and it got rave reviews. Keep up the good work. 🙂

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  19. The Short (dis)Order Cook says

    October 15, 2010 at 3:27 pm

    This reminds me of how last Thanksgiving my health nut mother made mashed potatoes (courtesy of the Pioneer Woman) with cream cheese. Soft cheeses do some sweet things for mashers.

    Love the idea of topping them with caramelized onions and shrooms. I could see that topping go well on a lot of things actually.

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  24. LCHF chef William says

    October 15, 2010 at 8:23 pm

    Looks great, although I cannot have most of it. I do however have a low carb version of the mash; mashed cauliflowers on my vlog.
    Please check out and follow my cooking channel lchfwilliam.blogspot.com. I promote the Low Carb High Fat (LCHF) diet that has helped so many diabetics and sick people in Sweden and want to spread the news! I do it with video blogs where I cook. Hope you have the time to check it out!
    Thanks
    William

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  28. vegetables nutrition says

    October 16, 2010 at 12:51 pm

    W-O-W! Amazing.
    One thing though Kevin, i SERIOUSLY doubt if i can make it look as good as you did. How do you even take such high quality pictures of your cooking? all the pics of ALL the recipes seems like you got some photographer working for ya 🙂
    I'l try it, but i'm not promising it will look anything as good as that…

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  29. What A Dish! says

    October 16, 2010 at 8:44 pm

    Oh my gosh, blue cheese in mashed potatoes….. I really must make this!! And the carmelized onions on top… wow! (I'm not a mushroom fan, although you do make them look darn good!)

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  38. kc says

    October 20, 2010 at 12:27 am

    I'm sitting in my evening class, and my tummy is grumbling so loud after looking at this photo!! I reposted to my blog and linked back to you.

    Reply

  41. Kelly Dee says

    October 28, 2010 at 8:47 pm

    It has never occurred to me to top mashed potatoes with anything other than gravy. This looks amazing!

    I complain about my tiny Toronto kitchen/apartment all the time, yet I can't count the number of times I've ended up at your blog via Tastespotting, so clearly it can be done!

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  44. Medicein on the Move says

    December 12, 2010 at 2:38 pm

    Amazing!! I tried this for a holiday dinner party for confessed blue cheese lovers and it was a HUGE hit. Everyone especially liked the onion/mushroom topping so now I'm looking for other things to use it on… maybe a nice grilled streak….

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  45. Traybay says

    March 26, 2013 at 11:08 pm

    I'm a new addition to your closet and must say that I'm loving everything you make! I made this tonight, substituting cauliflower mash for the potatoes. All components were super, but I found myself eating the mushrooms and onions separately because that flavor was just so divine and it was difficult or my taste buds to fully enjoy them with the mash. And then, there was the blue cheese flavor that also needed to be enjoyed solely. 🙂 Thanks Kevin for a great dinner and your wonderful site and inspiration! <3

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  47. kevin says

    October 9, 2013 at 4:35 am

    Debbie in Chico/Sacto: I often make this when I am busy with other things so I like to keep the heat down at medium so things take a bit longer but when you have the time you can bump the heat up to medium-high and things will go faster. I have updated the recipe to indicate this.

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  49. MLJ says

    October 12, 2017 at 5:23 pm

    Which mushrooms did you use? Looks delicious. I’m going to make it with pork chops. I’m a big fan of your recipes and appreciate you sharing them with us

    Reply

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