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Pommes de Terre Duchesse

Name: Pommes de Terre Duchesse
Total time: 1 h 8 min
Yield: about 500 g duchesse mixture, 4 servings or one platter border
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 600 g floury baking potatoes, peeled and quartered; salt, for the cooking water, to taste; 3 large egg yolks; 42 g unsalted butter, softened; 40 ml heavy cream; salt, white pepper and grated nutmeg, to taste; 5 g unsalted butter, for the platter or sheet; 30 g Swiss cheese (Gruyère or Emmental), finely grated; 15 g unsalted butter, melted

Dry, riced floury potato enriched with egg yolks, butter and a little cream, piped into rosettes or a fluted border, dusted with Swiss cheese and baked until the ridges turn golden.

Yieldabout 500 g duchesse mixture, 4 servings or one platter border
Hands-on35 min
Total1 h 8 min
Difficulty

Ingredients

Potatoes

600 gfloury baking potatoes, peeled and quartered
to tastesalt, for the cooking water

Duchesse mixture

3large egg yolks
42 gunsalted butter, softened
40 mlheavy cream
to tastesalt, white pepper and grated nutmeg

Finish

5 gunsalted butter, for the platter or sheet
30 gSwiss cheese (Gruyère or Emmental), finely grated
15 gunsalted butter, melted

Diet

Vegetarian (lacto-ovo)

Contains

Dairy
Egg
Birds' eggs (any)
Nightshades (any)
Potato (white)
Black and white pepper
Lactose
FODMAPs (any)

Taste

Salty
Umami / savory
Richness / fat
Aromatic spice

Texture

Crisp
Creamy

Equipment

Oven
Stovetop

Season

Any season

Occasion

Entertaining
Holiday

Effort

20–45 min active
1–3 hours total
Difficulty 2
Needs advance prep
Kid-friendly

Nutrition

Calories: low
Protein: low
Carbs: moderate
Fat: moderate
Fiber: moderate
Sodium: low

Budget

Budget: low

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