Pommes de Terre Robuchon are the creamiest, richest most decadent mashed potatoes you will ever eat. This recipe is a riff on famed chef, Joel Robuchon's potatoes. And it's so easy you can re-create it right in your own kitchen!
When Anna assigned me "Pommes de terre Robuchon" for our August 2013 Lark Cookbook Gr8 dinner, I couldn't have been more excited. Mashed potatoes are by far one of my favorite side dishes.
With her invitation for the evening she included four small cast iron pots so that each couple could share this rich and tasty treat. Also, this task gave me the excuse I needed to buy a ricer which I now use every time I make mashed potatoes. As fancy as it looks, this recipe could not be easier and is so tasty.
Pommes de Terre Robuchon
Recipe adapted from John Sundstrom's cookbook, "LARK: Cooking Against the Grain."
Servings: 4 servings
Ingredients
- 2 pounds white or yellow fingerling potatoes
- 2 Tablespoons kosher salt
- ½ pound unsalted butter, softened
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1 Tablespoon minced chives, for garnish
Instructions
- Put scrubbed potatoes and 2 Tablespoons kosher salt in a large pan and cover with water.
- Over high heat bring potatoes to a boil, then turn down the heat.
- Simmer for 20-30 minutes until tender when pierced with a fork.
- Drain water from the potatoes.
- Put half the potatoes through a food mill with the smallest attachment disk, or a ricer.
- Add the second half of the potatoes to the food mill (or ricer) with the butter and push through.
- In a medium saucepan, bring the cream to a simmer then add the potato mixture.
- Stir with a fork until the cream and potatoes are well mixed.
- Taste and add salt as needed.
- Put the potatoes into a serving bowl or individual ramekins and sprinkle with the chopped chives.
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Kyle
Hi Lon,
I used to think that mashed potatoes were labor intensive too but honestly since getting the ricer, it is so much easier.
Have a gr8 weekend!
Claudia Kerns
You make it sounds so easy! I have always found mashed potatoes to be very labor intensive. Perhaps I will try it with a small group first. Thank you!!