Description
Easy healthy mashed potatoes recipe loaded with broccoli, mushrooms, garlic and Pecorino Romano cheese. Perfect and healthy side dish for lunch or dinner!
Ingredients
- Vegetable oil-2 tablespoons
- Mushrooms (sliced)- 0.5 pound (250 g)
- Garlic cloves- 6
- Medium potatoes ( with skin and quartered)- 2 lbs (1 kg)
- Medium broccoli ( stem removed and quartered)- 1
- Ground black pepper- 1 teaspoon
- Salt- 1 1/2 teaspoon or as needed
- Fresh grated Pecorino Romano- 1 cup
- Heavy cream or half & half - 1 cup
- Butter- 2 tablespoons
- Fresh dill (chopped)- 2 tablespoons
Instructions
Cooking in Instant Pot:
- Turn on your instant pot and choose "Saute" mode. Set time -/+ for 10 minutes.
- Add vegetable oil to the bowl of the instant pot. When it is hot, add the sliced mushrooms, season with salt and pepper to your liking. Saute for 7-8 minutes or until golden brown. Transfer to a plate.
- Then, add the whole garlic cloves and cook for 2 minutes or until lightly browned and fragrant. Remove to a plate, using a slotted spoon. Cancel "Saute" mode.
- Insert the steam rack and place potatoes and broccoli on the rack. Return the cooked garlic to the bowl of instant pot. Season with salt and black pepper. Pour 1 cup of the water into the pot, close and lock the lid. Select “Pressure Cooker” and set the cooking time for 5 min on "High". When the pot finished cooking, turn the instant pot off. Quickly release the pressure. Open the lid.
- Mash potatoes, garlic and broccoli, using a masher or in a food processor. Gradually add the grated cheese and heavy cream, while mashing. Mash until smooth and then add butter. Adjust salt and black pepper.
- Add the cooked mushrooms and mix again to combine. Garnish with fresh dill leaves or parsley.
Cooking on the stove:
- In a large pot heat vegetable oil. Add the mushrooms and cook until brown. Transfer to a plate. Keep aside.
- In the same pot, cook garlic until slightly browned.
- Add the potatoes to the pot, cover with water and bring to a boil. Cook for 8-10 minutes or until almost cooked.
- Finally, add the broccoli florets and cook for 5 minutes or until tender enough to pierce with a fork easily.
- Drain the veggies in a colander.
- Proceed to mashing as described above (steps 5-6).
- Prep Time: 10 min
- Cook Time: 15 min
- Category: Instant Pot recipes
- Cuisine: American