{"id":7742,"date":"2026-09-19T13:58:48","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T13:58:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/?p=7742"},"modified":"2026-09-19T13:58:48","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T13:58:48","slug":"creamy-black-pepper-mashed-potatoes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/19\/creamy-black-pepper-mashed-potatoes\/","title":{"rendered":"Creamy Black Pepper Mashed Potatoes"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Creamy Black Pepper Mashed Potatoes<\/h1>\n<h3>Ingredients<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>2 lbs (900 g) potatoes, peeled and cut into chunks<\/li>\n<li>4 tablespoons butter<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd cup warm milk or heavy cream<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd teaspoon salt, or to taste<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd teaspoon freshly ground black pepper<\/li>\n<li>\u00bc teaspoon garlic powder, optional<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Instructions<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Place the potatoes in a large pot and cover with cold water. Add a little salt.<\/li>\n<li>Bring to a boil and cook for 15\u201320 minutes, or until the potatoes are very tender when pierced with a fork.<\/li>\n<li>Drain the potatoes well and return them to the warm pot.<\/li>\n<li>Add the butter and mash until smooth and creamy.<\/li>\n<li>Gradually add the warm milk or cream, mixing until you reach your desired consistency.<\/li>\n<li>Season with salt and plenty of freshly ground black pepper. Add garlic powder if desired.<\/li>\n<li>Serve immediately while hot, with an extra pat of butter and a sprinkle of black pepper on top.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Creamy Black Pepper Mashed Potatoes Ingredients 2 lbs (900 g) potatoes, peeled and cut into chunks 4 tablespoons butter \u00bd&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7743,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recipe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7742","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7742"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7742\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7744,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7742\/revisions\/7744"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}