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Pommes dauphine typically accompany red meats or chicken. [3] Typically served in restaurants, they are often for sale at supermarkets in France. Related potato preparations include pommes noisette, pommes duchesse, croquettes, and pommes soufflées. Pommes dauphines are unique, however, with the choux pastry yielding a less dense dish.
Gratin dauphinois is made with thinly sliced raw potatoes and cream, cooked in a buttered dish rubbed with garlic; cheese is sometimes added. The potatoes are peeled and sliced to the thickness of a coin, usually with a mandoline; they are layered in a shallow earthenware or glass baking dish and cooked in a slow oven; the heat is raised for the last 10 minutes of the cooking time.
Duchess potatoes (French: pommes de terre duchesse) consist of a purée of mashed potato, egg yolk, and butter, which is forced from a piping bag or hand-moulded into various shapes which are then baked in a high temperature oven until golden. [1] They are typically seasoned similarly to mashed potatoes with, for example, salt, pepper, and ...
"Papas Rellenas" or stuffed potatoes consist of a handful of mashed potatoes flattened in the palm of the hand and stuffed with a savoury combination of ingredients. The stuffing usually consists of sautéed meat (e.g. beef, pork, or chicken), onions, and garlic.
The thick-cut fries are called pommes Pont-Neuf [6] or simply pommes frites (about 10 mm or 3 ⁄ 8 in); thinner variants are pommes allumettes (matchstick potatoes; about 7 mm or 1 ⁄ 4 in), and pommes paille (potato straws; 4 mm or 1 ⁄ 8 in). Pommes gaufrettes are waffle fries.
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The dish is generally credited with having been created during the time of Napoleon III by the chef Adolphe Dugléré, a pupil of Carême, when Dugléré was head chef at the Café Anglais, the leading Paris restaurant of the 19th century, where he reputedly named the dish for one of the grandes cocottes of the period. [2]
The pâté aux pommes de terre, pronounced [pɑte o pɔm də tɛʁ], or pâté de pommes de terre is a speciality of the Centre-Val de Loire, Limousin and Allier (Bourbonnais) regions in Central France. [1] It can be served either as a side dish or as the main course. Today it is often eaten with a green salad.