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Aligot (stretchy cheesy mashed potatoes)

Name: Aligot (stretchy cheesy mashed potatoes)
Total time: 35 min
Yield: serves 4
Ingredients: 1 kg Potato; 100 ml Cream; 50 g Butter; 400 g Cheese; a pinch Salt; to taste Pepper

Preparation time: 35 min
Servings: serves 4

Ingredients

serves 4

Potato — to buy1 kg
Cream — to buy100 ml
Butter — to buy50 g
Cheese — to buy400 g
Salt — to buya pinch
Pepper — to buyto taste

Preparation

Peel the potatoes, cut into even chunks and boil in salted water for 20-25 minutes, until they mash easily with a fork.
Drain well, then pass through a potato ricer or mash until perfectly smooth, with no lumps, while still nice and hot.
Return the mash to the pan over low heat and stir in the cream and butter.
Add the grated cheese in 3-4 batches, stirring vigorously with a spatula in the same direction each time, without stopping.
Keep 'pulling' the mixture for 5 to 10 minutes until it turns stretchy and elastic when you lift the spatula.
Season with salt and pepper and serve immediately — aligot sets fast as it cools, it won't wait for you.