How to: Sieve Potatoes

Some recipes call for you to rice or sieve potatoes. The result is a light fluffy potato that will incorporate well into any recipe. In order to rice potatoes you need to have special kitchen equipment. However in order to sieve potatoes you only need to have a fine mesh sieve, which most cooks already have available in their kitchen.Sieving potatoes it quite an easy task. It will however take quite a bit of wrist strength. Make sure that you leave time for the potatoes to cool if your recipe calls for it.

Peel potatoes then cut into medium chunks.

Put into a medium saucepan and cover with water. Put the lid on and boil for approximately 15 minutes or until they are fork soft.

Drain the potatoes and mash them.

Dry in the saucepan by putting over medium heat and stirring occasionally until the steam quits rising off the potatoes.

Using the back of a wooden or bamboo spoon push the potatoes through a fine mesh sieve.  If your sieve is small like mine you will want to do it in small batches.