Pommes à l'Ardennaise (Stuffed Baked Potatoes, Ardennes Style)
Origin: Paris, France
Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907
Ingredients
- Hollande potatoes
- egg yolks
- butter
- ham
- mushrooms
- Parmesan
- salt
- pepper
- nutmeg
- parsley and chervil
- cheese
Instructions
- Bake medium Hollande potatoes in the oven.
- Split them in two lengthwise, empty them, and collect the pulp in a terrine, keeping the half-skins.
- Work the pulp with a fork and mix in, per 500 grammes of pulp: 4 egg yolks, 150 grammes of butter, 300 grammes of lean ham cut in brunoise, 100 grammes of chopped mushrooms, 80 grammes of grated Parmesan, 10 grammes of salt, a pinch of pepper, nutmeg, and 1 spoonful of chopped parsley and chervil.
- Mix well and fill the potato half-skins with the mixture, smoothing the surface.
- Sprinkle with grated cheese and pass through the oven for 20 minutes.
- Glaze at the last moment.