If you make this mistake, the mashed potatoes will turn into paste

Fluffy mashed potatoes are a delicious side dish for numerous meals.

In order for it to succeed, however, you need to avoid a certain mistake.

All kinds of delicious dishes and side dishes can be made from potatoes, but one of the most popular is probably the mashed potatoes.

It is traditionally served with sausages, roulades * or meatballs, but depending on your own preferences, it can also be used as a main course.

To ensure that the mashed potatoes have the right consistency, you need to use the right tools during preparation.

Make mashed potatoes - just not with the hand blender

Even if it might be less work, you shouldn't use a hand blender to make mashed potatoes.

The hand blender ensures that the pulp has a

that quickly destroys the

delights.

This is because potatoes contain a lot of starch - in the case of waxy, predominantly waxy and floury boiling potatoes, it is between nine and 18 percent, according to the Thuringian State Agency for Agriculture (TLL).

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The main component of the starch granules is 70 to 80 percent

, which consists of

.

The second largest share with approximately 20 to 30 percent is composed of

existing

.

The latter ensures the

.

When pureing with a hand blender, however, these long starch chains and protein cells are destroyed, so that the potato mixture becomes more and more sticky, as the online portal

reports.

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How is mashed potatoes properly made?

This is why a

needed

: Experts recommend always

potatoes for a puree

.

You can use a potato masher or a potato press, for example.

Although they also crush some of the starch molecules, they don't destroy them like with a hand blender.