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Sometimes I have a recipe idea that floats around my head for what feels like forever before it finally ends up on the blog.This is one of those recipes. duch*ess potatoes were a classic we made back when we wereA.) vegetarian but not vegan, and B.) in cook's training back in BC. duch*ess potatoes arelike mashed potatoes' fancier,snobbish older sister. Except they have good reason for it, because they're really seriously delicious.
Typically, duch*ess potatoes are little piped mountains of mashed potatoes made with egg (to stabilize them), brushedwith melted butter and baked until crispy and golden brown. This delicious vegan version is every bit as golden-brown, crispy, savoury and amazingly tasty as their non-vegan counterparts.
These crispy mashed swirlsget an extra kick of flavour from garlic and chives. I used cashew cream (soaked raw cashews + Silk Unsweetened Almondmilk) anda touch of cornstarch to make them fluffy yet stable. These potatoes hold their shape almost perfectly in the oven!They'll lose a bit of height during cookingso maker sure to pipe 'em nice and tall if you want proper "mountains".
All in all, this recipe is prettyfoolproof. I do have a couple of tips though.
First, as much as I love the added nutrition and texture of leaving the skins in my mashed potatoes, this is not the time or the place for potato skins. They'll clog up your piping tip and make the piping part an absolute nightmare.
Second, use a very large star tip (cake decorating tips should work well) if you have one.
Third, if you don't want to bother with piping these little guys, you can just cut off the end of a large ziploc bag and use that or simply dollop mountains of mashed potatoes on a baking sheet and rough up the topswith a fork. The more little nooks and crannies you can get out of your piping tip or fork, the crispier and more delicious your potatoes will be!
Iwanted to keep this recipeas simple as possible so I made the duch*ess potatoes all by themselves. Ithink they'd be completely out-of-this-worlddelicious with some mushroom gravy. They'd be perfect for Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner!
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Vegan Chive & Garlic duch*ess Potatoes
★★★★★5 from 4 reviews
- Yield: 12 potatoes 1x
- Category: Side dish
- Cuisine: Vegan
Description
These crispy mashed mountains get an extra kick of flavour from garlic and chives.
Ingredients
Scale
- 4 ½ cups chopped and peeled russet potatoes (1 ½ lbs or 685g – approx. 2 large baking russets)
- 1 cup raw cashews, soaked inHOT water for a minimum of 30 minutes
- ½ cup Silk Unsweetened Almondmilk
- 2 tsp cornstarch
- 2 ½tbsp vegan butter, divided
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 4 tbspfinely chopped fresh chives, divided
- 1 tsp salt
- Black pepper, to taste
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400F.
- Heat a large pot of water over high heat. Add chopped russet potatoes and wait for the water to boil. Once water is boiling, cook potatoes for 6 minutes or until potatoes are fork tender. Once potatoes are finished cooking, drain and transfer them to a bowl.
- While you wait for the potatoes to cook, combine soaked or boiled cashews with Silk Unsweetened Almond milk and 2 teaspoon cornstarch. Blend on high until smooth and creamy.
- In a small microwave-safe bowl combine minced garlic and 1 ½ tablespoon vegan butter. Microwave for 1 minute or until vegan butter is melted and garlic is fragrant.
- Add the creamed cashews, garlic butter, 2 tablespoon chives, salt and pepper to the potatoes. Mash using a potato ricer or a mashed potato immersion blender attachment. The mashed potatoes must be smooth and lump-free. Taste and adjust salt and pepper if necessary.
- Spoon mashed potatoes into a piping bag with a large star tip. Pipe swirly mashed potato mountains onto a lightly greased baking sheet.
- In microwave, melt 1 tablespoon vegan butter. Lightly brush (more like dabbing, be gentle!) melted vegan butter over the potatoes.
- Bake for 40 minutes or until the tops are slightly browned and bottoms are crisp. If necessary, turn on broiler and broil for 1-5 minutes or until most of the piped edges are golden and crisp.
- Garnish with cracked black pepper and 2 tablespoon chives.
Notes
Do not leave the skins on your potatoes - they will clog your piping tip.
If you can’t get your potatoes mashed smooth OR you don’t have a piping bag with a large tip: Spoon out tall dollops of mashed potatoes on a baking sheet, rough up the texture with a fork and brush them with melted butter for baking. Alternatively, you can cut the end off of a large Ziploc bag and use that as a piping bag - you should still rough up the texture with a fork before brushing them with melted butter and baking as usual.
Soaking cashews - You can soak raw cashews in cold water overnight, or if you're short of time just soak them in HOT or boiling water for a minimum of 5-10 minutes.
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Karen
Hi Brittany, I have unsweetened oat milk on hand, do you think I could substitute that for the cashew milk? Thanks for the great alternative to this recipe which traditionally uses egg yolks, butter and cream.
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Annika
Hello Brittany,
i don't have cashews on hand. Is there a way i can substitute it? Thanks!Reply
Brittany
Hi Annika. You could try leaving them out, increasing the cornstarch to 3 tsp and adding 1/4-1/2 cup coconut cream to the recipe. I haven't tried it myself but that's what I would try!
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Alexandra | Occasionally Eggs
These are so cute! I love mashed potatoes and that + crispy edges is the dream.
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Brittany
Thanks Alexandra!
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Cheryl
These look so tasty and beautiful. Perfect for a special dinner. I love these potatoes!
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See AlsoVegan Mushroom Wellington recipeBrittany
Thanks Cheryl!
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Vegan StClair
Um wow! I never would have thought to do that with potatoes, I might try with sweet potato and purple potato as well for Christmas lunch!
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Brittany
Ooh! That would look so lovely! Thanks for commenting 🙂
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Cathy
These do look pretty! You can't go wrong with garlic and chives! I appreciate that you've created a dairy-free version.
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Brittany
Thanks Cathy!
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Denise
I love the idea of the cashew cream in these duch*ess potatoes. They look wonderful!
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Brittany
Cashew cream is such a great plant-based dairy alternative. Thanks Denise!
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Colleen Milne
I love these! Such a great way to fancy up mashed potatoes.
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Brittany
I totally agree Colleen!
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Tiffany
These are beautiful. I will have to try them as a spin on mashed potatoes, and since I don't do dairy, these are perfect.
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Brittany
Thanks Tiffany!
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Eyecandypopper
This looks incredible! I'm a big fan of potatoes, so this got me all excited! Yummm!!
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Brittany
Thank you!
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B
Hi,
How would these hold up if I wanted to make them ahead, then reheat?
Thanks 🙂
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Brittany
They do! You could also just make the mash, refrigerate it and pipe/baked them when you're ready. But I've been eating them reheated and they're still REALLY good. Just bake them at 350F until hot.
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