Roasted Garlic Mashed Potatoes

How can you improve comforting mashed potatoes? Flavour them with mellow roasted garlic and sweet-pungent spring onions, blended into a potato mixture enriched with cream and margarine or butter.
RECIPE INGREDIENTS
6 cloves garlic, unpeeled
1 tablespoon cooking oil
1 1/2 lb potatoes
2 tablespoons chopped spring onion or fresh chives
2 oz margarine or butter
4 fl oz light cream or milk
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon pepper

DIRECTIONS
Place unpeeled garlic in a baking dish or pie plate; pour oil over garlic and toss to coat evenly. Cover tightly with foil. Bake in a preheated 400 degrees F. oven for about 25 minutes, or till garlic is tender when pierced. Remove garlic from oven; cool slightly.


Meanwhile, peel and quarter potatoes. Cook, covered, in boiling salted water to cover for 20-30 minutes, or till tender. Drain potatoes.


Squeeze garlic to extract the cloves. In a large mixing bowl combine the potatoes, garlic, spring onion or chives, margarine or butter, light cream or milk, salt, and pepper. Beat with an electric mixer on medium speed to mash lightly, or beat well with a fork. Serve warm.