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Joel Robuchon's Mashed Potatoes - the best mashed potatoes recipe in the whole world. Learn how to make perfect mashed potatoes, complete with step-by-step picture guide.

Joel Robuchon's Mashed Potatoes - the best mashed potatoes recipe in the whole world. Learn how to make perfect mashed potatoes, complete with step-by-step picture guide.

Joel Robuchon's Mashed Potatoes - the best mashed potatoes recipe in the whole world. Learn how to make perfect mashed potatoes, complete with step-by-step picture guide.

The Best Mashed Potatoes Recipe in the World

Joël Robuchon was a famed French “Chef of the Century” and restaurateur. Unfortunately, he passed away in August this year and left behind a legacy of the best and highest rated Michelin restaurants, plus a trove of recipes in his cookbooks.

Perfect mashed potatoes topped off with a piece of butter.

I am a fan of Joel Robuchon restaurants and had tried a few of them; his mashed potatoes recipe is really the BEST in the world. The technique used produces the creamiest, silkiest and most delicious mashed potatoes you’ll ever make!

The best mashed potato recipe by Joel Robuchon served in a bowl.

How to Make Perfect Mashed Potatoes

Having made Joël Robuchon’s recipe, I can now share the secrets to the best and perfect mashed potatoes:

  • Use a potato ricer. The ricer produces the softest, silkiest and smooth mashed potatoes.
  • Butter. Butter. And more butter.
  • Full milk.
  • Ground white pepper. DO NOT use ground black pepper as it would cause the perfect silken and smooth mashed potatoes to have speckled dark spots.

Joël Robuchon's Mashed Potatoes close up.

Why Joël Robuchon’s Mashed Potatoes is the Best?

It’s all in the techniques, potato to butter ratio, plus the texture and flavors. No mashed potato recipes would produce the texture of silken, creamy mash.

Scoop up the potatoes in tiny helpings and savor slowly, it just gets better as you slowly devour the mash. I strongly urge you to try this recipe. You will never go back to other mashed potato recipes, I can guarantee you that!

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Joel Robuchon's Mashed Potatoes Recipe

Joel Robuchon's Mashed Potatoes - the best mashed potatoes recipe in the whole world. Learn how to make perfect mashed potatoes,  complete with step-by-step picture guide. 

Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 35 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Servings 6 people
Calories 417 kcal

Ingredients

  • 2 lbs. russet potatoes, scrubbed but unpeeled
  • 1 tablespoon coarse salt
  • 10 oz. unsalted butter (2 1/2 sticks), cut into cubes
  • 250 ml. whole milk (1 cup)
  • 2 1/4 teaspoons salt
  • 3 dashes ground white pepper

Instructions

  1. Put the potatoes in a saucepan with 8 cups of cold water and 1 tablespoon of coarse salt. Bring to a simmer, cover, and cook until a knife slips in the potatoes easily and cleanly, about 30 minutes. Drain the potatoes and peel them.

  2. Put them through a potato ricer into a large bowl.

  3. Slowly mill the potatoes through the potato ricer. 

  4. In a small sauce pan heat up the milk and bring to a boil.  Meanwhile, transfer the potatoes to a Dutch oven or sauce pan. On medium-low heat, add the chilled butter cubes to the potatoes and stir continuously for a smooth and creamy texture, about 5 minutes. 

  5. Pour in the very hot milk in a thin stream, stirring briskly. Keep stirring until all the milk is absorbed. Turn off the heat and add the 2 1/4 teaspoons salt and ground white pepper.

  6. Serve the mashed potatoes immediately. If you like, add a small cube of butter on top of the mashed potatoes before serving. 

Recipe Notes

Adapted from The Guardian.

Please use ground white pepper to season the mashed potatoes. Ground black pepper is frowned upon in culinary school. Ground white pepper infuses the mashed potatoes with a subtle peppery taste.

Nutrition Facts
Joel Robuchon's Mashed Potatoes Recipe
Amount Per Serving
Calories 417 Calories from Fat 288
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 32g 49%
Saturated Fat 20g 100%
Cholesterol 85mg 28%
Sodium 3808mg 159%
Potassium 694mg 20%
Total Carbohydrates 29g 10%
Dietary Fiber 2g 8%
Sugars 3g
Protein 4g 8%
Vitamin A 20.2%
Vitamin C 10.4%
Calcium 7.6%
Iron 7.6%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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    • Hi Darlene, thanks for catching my careless typo (phew!!!) while typing out the recipe. It’s 2 1/4 teaspoons salt for the mashed potatoes. The 1 tablespoon salt is for boiling the potatoes.

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