Baked Garlic Mashed Potatoes.

Ingredients:

- 1 kg of potatoes (I prefer Russett)

- 1/4 of the usual block of butter

- Milk / Cream (roughly 140 ml)

- Salt (to taste)

- Gruyere cheese (or maybe cheddar, whatever rocks your socks)

- 2-4 thyme sprigs (remove the leaves)

- 2 stalks of parsley

- White bread crumbs

- 1 to 2 cloves of garlic, finely chopped (according to your preference)

Instructions:

(1) Boil potatoes until soft. (By the way, don't worry about peeling off the potato skin, they taste better WITH it.)

(2) Melt butter in a pan, and cook garlic till soft.

(3) Pour in milk / cream.

(4) Chuck in the potatoes (You might want to mash them first, before putting it in with the others)

(5) Mash everything together until smooth and reaches the expected consistency. You may add more butter, milk / cream, and salt accordingly.

(6) Heat oven to about 170-180 degree Celsius.

(7) Spoon the potato mixture into a baking dish.

(8) Sprinkle top with breadcrumbs, cheese and chopped parsley and thyme. (You may also just chuck it in WITH the potato mixture. Again, your socks.)

(9) Cook in the oven for 15-20 minutes. Everything is basically cooked and edible at this point, so what you're looking for as indicator is basically the breadcrumbs / cheese. 

(10) Take a spoonful, and stash into mouth.

You may also make your own gravy to eat with the potatoes. Recipe not provided.