Pommes Aligot
This French whipped potato with cheese recipe is called Aligot in France. It is the most delicious cheesy mashed potatoes you have ever tasted. If you love cheese and the humble vegetable you will love this dish!
Ingredients
- 2 lb potatoes/about 1 kilogram
- 10 oz cheese cut into small pieces (Tomme for preference or substitute with Gruyere for flavor mozzarella for stretchiness, raclette or old cheddar, or any combination.
- 2 oz butter
- 6 oz cream or crème fraiche
- 1 clove garlic crushed
- add herbs of your choice to potato water, then discard
- Salt
Instructions
- You can either peel or cook the potatoes in salted boiling water, or my friends favorite method is to cook them in their skins then peel them.
- Mash the potatoes well.
- Heat the cream and butter in a pan with the crushed garlic.
- Next, add the cheese pieces and heat until it is all melted.
- Add this creamy, cheesy mixture to the potatoes and mash really well (this is the most important part of the process, it really must be beaten well) until you have a consistency that is elastic in texture.
- Serve immediately, very hot.
- Traditionally it is served with good quality pork sausages, but it will go with a wide range of ingredients, including pork chops or even a good steak.
Notes
What to do with leftovers!
Afterthought... Potato Pancakes
If you have any left over... well, perhaps not, but just in case you do, it makes lovely little potato cakes for a light meal.
- Simply form the potato mixture into small cakes.
- Dust with flour.
- Gently fry for a few minutes on each side.
Nutrition
Calories: 69kcalCarbohydrates: 0.2gProtein: 0.1gFat: 8gSaturated Fat: 5gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.3gMonounsaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0.3gCholesterol: 20mgSodium: 61mgPotassium: 4mgFiber: 0.01gSugar: 0.01gVitamin A: 236IUVitamin C: 0.2mgCalcium: 3mgIron: 0.01mg
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