I’ve found my spirit animal mashed potatoes. If you just happen to have a small excess of lobster tails lying around, why not make these really decedent mashed potatoes with lobster sauce to go on top?

Just to be clear this is mashed potatoes with a lobster sauce to be technically correct – no lobster in the potatoes themselves. And why would you do that anyway? So here’s how we do it:

Boil some potatoes (red skin with skin on please) and melt some butter in a separate pan.

Oh, and steam your lobster tails in the standard fashion: water, lemon juice, salt, peppercorns, bay leaf etc. Pull those bad boys out of their shells, so now you have lobster meat.

Add the lobster to the melted butter, then add flour, heavy cream, seasoning (see recipe below).

Potatoes? Simple, just drain, pop them back on the stove (low heat) and add your butter, milk, boursin cheese if desired and beat with hand mixer.

Serve them up in a bowl with topped with lobstah sauce.

Lobster Smashed Potatoes (4 servings)

INGREDIENTS:

• 6 medium “Klondike Rose” or similar redskin potatoes
• 2.5 oz Boursin Cheese
• 1/2-3/4 cup Whole Milk
• 6 TB Butter (5 for sauce, 1 for the potatoes)
• 4 oz Heavy Whipping Cream
• 1 TB Fine Flour
• 1/2 tsp Chili Powder
• 1 TB Old Bay Seasoning
• 3 small to medium lobster tails, removed from shell – either pre-cooked or lightly steamed

DIRECTIONS:

1. Cut lobsters into small chunks and set aside.
2. Wash and Cube redskins with skin on and boil until fork tender. (If you have the shells, you can place one in the boiling water for a while to add extra flavor to the potatoes).
3. Melt butter in small sauce pan and add lobster meat to warm it up.
4. Add tablespoon of flour and continue to heat to reduce raw flour taste.
5. Add heavy cream, Old Bay and Chili powder to sauce pan and stir on low.
6. Drain potatoes and place back on stove on lowest heat.
7. Mix cheese, milk and 1 added tablespoon of butter to potatoes and mash to desired texture. (Skins will still be visible).
8. Place serving on plate and pour sauce over top.
9. Sprinkle lightly with fresh chives.