Pommes de terre Roxelane (Potato Soufflé in Brioche Cases)
Origin: Paris, France
Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907
Ingredients
- 6 fine Hollande potatoes
- 150 grammes butter
- 4 egg yolks
- very fresh cream
- 2 egg whites
- brioches sans tête
- chopped truffle
Instructions
- Bake 6 fine Hollande potatoes in the oven and remove the pulp.
- Work the pulp with 150 grammes of butter, 4 egg yolks and enough very fresh cream to soften it.
- Fold in 2 egg whites whipped to a very firm snow.
- Dress the composition in small timbales made from brioches sans tête emptied of their crumb.
- Sprinkle with chopped truffle and cook in a slow oven, like a soufflé.