Pommes De Terre Lorette

Name: Pommes De Terre Lorette
Prep time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 6-8 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1 lb potato, medium, boiling; 1 tablespoon unsalted butter; 1 egg, whole; 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 nutmeg, freshly grated; 1/2 cup all-purpose flour; 2 large eggs; 4 cups vegetable oil (for frying)

Submitted by personalchef

"These are the puffy french fry potatoes that you might have seen on Food Network. Recipe is from Gourmet Magazine"

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Ready In:: 1hr
Ingredients:: 14
Serves:: 6-8

ingredients

1 lb potato, medium, boiling
1 tablespoon unsalted butter
1 egg, whole
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 nutmeg, freshly grated
¹⁄₂ cup all-purpose flour
2 large eggs
4 cups vegetable oil (for frying)

directions

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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personalchef

brownsville, 43

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