Pommes de terre Roxelane (Potato Soufflé in Brioche Cases)

Origin: Paris, France

Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Bake 6 fine Hollande potatoes in the oven and remove the pulp.
  2. Work the pulp with 150 grammes of butter, 4 egg yolks and enough very fresh cream to soften it.
  3. Fold in 2 egg whites whipped to a very firm snow.
  4. Dress the composition in small timbales made from brioches sans tête emptied of their crumb.
  5. Sprinkle with chopped truffle and cook in a slow oven, like a soufflé.

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