Pommes de terre Marquise (Duchesse Potatoes with Tomato)
Origin: Paris, France
Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907
Ingredients
- 500 grammes Pommes Duchesse mixture
- 5 spoonfuls very reduced
- butter
Instructions
- Mix very reduced, well-red tomato purée into Pommes Duchesse mixture, in the proportion of 5 spoonfuls per 500 grammes of mixture.
- Using a piping bag fitted with a large fluted nozzle, dress the potatoes on buttered trays in the shape of a Pain de la Mecque or a fluted meringue.
- Gild them lightly.
- Put them in a fairly hot oven 7 to 8 minutes before serving.