Pommes Anna (potatoes Anna)
From twill10 8 years ago
- 1 hour to make
- Serves 8
Trust the French to come up with a potato cake that is alluringly crisp on the outside and meltingly tender on the inside. Called Pommes Anna, this dish was created during Napoleon III's era and named after one of the lovely women at court. Read more Traditionally made with enough butter to float the Normandy, we've made it with much less, which nonetheless produces a dish so rich and delicious, there's never a crumb left. Slice the potatoes by hand, by mandolin, or in a food processor. See less
Ingredients
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- Pommes Anna (Potatoes Anna) shopping list
- Yield: 8 servings (serving size: 1 wedge) shopping list
- Cooking Light shopping list
- Ingredients shopping list
- 1 teaspoon kosher or sea salt shopping list
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper shopping list
- 2 1/2 tablespoons unsalted butter shopping list
- 3 pounds peeled baking potatoes, cut into 1/8-inch-thick slices shopping list
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter, melted and divided shopping list
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley, optional shopping list
How to make it
- Preparation
- Preheat oven to 450°.
- Combine salt and pepper in a small bowl.
- Melt 2 1/2 tablespoons butter in a 10-inch cast-iron or ovenproof heavy skillet over medium heat. Arrange a single layer of potato slices, slightly overlapping, in a circular pattern in pan; sprinkle with 1/4 teaspoon salt mixture. Drizzle 1/2 teaspoon melted butter over potatoes. Repeat the layers 5 times, ending with butter. Press firmly to pack. Cover and bake at 450° for 20 minutes.
- Uncover and bake an additional 25 minutes or until potatoes are golden. Loosen edges of potatoes with a spatula. Place a plate upside down on top of pan; invert potatoes onto plate. Sprinkle with parsley, if desired.
- Nutritional Information
- Amount per serving
- Calories 208
- Caloriesfromfat 23 %
- Fat 5.2 g
- Satfat 3.2 g
- Monofat 1.5 g
- Polyfat 0.3 g
- Protein 3.4 g
- Carbohydrate 36.7 g
- Fiber 2.6 g
- Cholesterol 14 mg
- Iron 0.7 mg
- Sodium 353 mg
- Calcium 11 mg
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