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Pommes de Terre Lorette

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Ingredients

  • 1 lb medium boiling potatoes
  • 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
  • 1 whole large egg
  • 1 large egg yolk
  • 1 1/4 teaspoons salt
  • 1/8 teaspoon black pepper
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/8 teaspoon black pepper
  • 1/8 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
  • 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
  • 2 large eggs
  • 4 About 4 cups vegetable oil
  • Special equipment: a potato ricer; a pastry bag fitted with a 1/2-inch star tip; a deep-fat thermometer

Details

Servings 6
Preparation time 50mins
Cooking time 120mins
Adapted from epicurious.com

Preparation

Step 1

Preparation

Make duchesse potatoes:

Peel potatoes and cut into 1-inch pieces. Cover potatoes with cold salted water
by 1 inch in a 2-quart pot, then simmer, uncovered, until tender, about 15 minutes.

Drain potatoes in a colander and return to pot. Dry potatoes by shaking pot over low heat until all moisture is evaporated and a film begins to appear on bottom of pot, about 2 minutes.

Force potatoes through ricer into a bowl. Add butter, whole egg and yolk, salt, and pepper and stir with a wooden spoon until very smooth. Keep potato mixture warm, covered.

Make pâte à choux:

Bring water, butter, salt, pepper, and nutmeg to a boil in a 1-quart heavy saucepan over high heat, then reduce heat to moderate.

Add flour all at once and stir briskly with a wooden spoon until mixture pulls away from side of pan, 1 to 2 minutes. Remove from heat and cool slightly, about 3 minutes. Add eggs 1 at a time, stirring well after each addition. Add potato mixture and stir until combined well. Transfer mixture to pastry bag.

Form and fry potatoes:

Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 200°F.

Heat 2 inches oil in a 5- to 6-quart heavy pot over moderately high heat until thermometer registers 370°F.

Resting metal tip of pastry bag on edge of pot, pipe 8 (2-inch) lengths of potato mixture directly into oil (use caution when piping into hot oil), using a small knife or kitchen shears to cut off each length of dough at tip of bag. Fry potatoes, turning over once with a slotted spoon, until crisp, golden, and cooked through, 2 to 3 minutes. Transfer to paper towels to drain briefly. Fry remaining potato mixture in batches in same manner.

Transfer potatoes as fried and drained to a metal rack set in a large shallow baking pan in oven to keep them crisp and warm until ready to serve.

Cooks' notes:
· Potato batter can be made, but not formed or fried, 1 day ahead and chilled in pastry bag, with tip covered.
· Potatoes can be fried 2 hours ahead and kept at room temperature, on rack in baking pan and loosely covered with paper towels. Remove paper towels and reheat in a 400°F oven until heated through and slightly crisp, about 5 minutes.

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