Gordon Ramsay's Mashed Potatoes

Ingredients

• 1.5 cups heavy cream
• 1 tsp nutmeg
• 2 bay leaves
• 12 crushed garlic cloves
• salt
• black pepper
• Optional: Thyme or rosemary
• 6 small Yukon Gold potatoes
• 1 tbsp salt
• ¼ cup cold unsalted butter
• ¼ cup sliced scallions

Instructions

1. Peel the potatoes and dice for an even cook.
2. Add to a pot of cold water, give it a healthy pinch of salt, and bring it up to a boil.
3. Turn down the heat and let it simmer for seven minutes.
4. When you can smash it cleanly, that's how you know it's done.
5. Strain the water and add it back to a pot and cover them with a lid to let them steam.
6. Add heavy cream to a small pot along with bay leaves, garlic, salt, black pepper, and nutmeg.
7. Reduce for five minutes and then strain, being sure to smash the aromatics through the sieve to get every flavor.
8. Put your potatoes through a ricer.
9. Pour in some cream and mix.
10. Add a bit of butter, keep mixing, and then add some more cream and salt as needed.