Dave's Mashed Potatoes

Ingredients

potatoes, yukon gold, washed

3 lb

onion, chopped

1 medium

bacon, coarse chopped

½ lb

heavy cream (fresh)

1 cups

cheese, shredded

1 cups

salt

1 tbsp

pepper

1 tsp

Instructions

1. In a large pot, boil potatoes for 30min to 1hr, until soft. Strain. Plunge into ice water for 5min to cool, strain again.
2. Peel potatoes, skin should come off easily. Return potatoes to large pot, and smash them. Warm over medium low heat.
3. Over medium/medium high heat, saute onion and bacon until meat is cooked. Add to onion/bacon to potatoes.
4. Gently stir the onion/bacon mixture, heavy cream, cheese, salt and pepper into the potatoes. Warm until ingredients are evenly warmed and mixed.
5. Bake at 350°F in oven safe dish for 1hr. Covered for the first half, uncovered for the second half.

Notes

getting waterlogged. You can replace the bacon with 4oz of prosciutto.