Show-off two-color Duchesse Potatoes
From chefjeb 17 years ago
- 30 minutes to make
- Serves 10
Pretty adn colorful doesn't get any better than this. It pairs well with roasted meats and always is a covnersation starter.
Ingredients
- 2 lbs red skin or yukon gold potatoes shopping list
- 1/4 stick butter shopping list
- 1/2 tsp granulated garlic or garlic powder shopping list
- 1/2 cup cream or half and half, warmed shopping list
- pinch white pepper or, if you prefer, black. shopping list
- salt shopping list
- 2 lbs sweet potatoes shopping list
- PInch of nutmeg shopping list
- 1/4 stick butter shopping list
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How to make it
- Wash and scrub white potatoes.
- Eye and peel and cut into 1 1/2 inch pieces. Pieces should be unform size.
- Season water with salt and garlic and simmer. Do not boil
- when potatoes are fork tender (do not overcook, this will develop starch and result in gummy potatoes) reserve one cup potato water and then drain in collendar.
- Place butter in potatoes, season with pinch of white pepper or black pepper and mash with potato masher. Add warmed cream slowly until desired consistency is reached. If you use it all and If more liquid is needed, add reserved potato water.
- set aside
- Chunk sweet potatoes, do not peel
- Simmer in water until fork tender
- Drain and peel
- Mash with butter and nutmeg
- set aside
- Lightly oil cookie or baking sheet.
- Place large star tip in pastry bag and fold bag partially down. carefully place scoop of white potatoes on one side. Then take sweet potatoes being careful not to mix with white potatoes, place on opposite side of bag. Repeat layering and inching bag up until all potatoes are used. Then pipe out in spiral shape. You willhave a marbled effect of white and gold. Brown potatoes lightly in oven. Use spatula to plate.
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