Basic Professional French Cooking
Pomme Anna
Ingredients (for 6 servings)
750 g Potatoes
100 g Butter, clarified
Salt and Pepper
Procedure
-Peel potatoes, rinse and keep in cold water.
-Shape 2 of the potatoes into perfect cylinders to use on the outside.
-Slice the potatoes 1/16” thick, keeping the pound ones separate. Todd the potatoes in half of the clarified butter.
-Heat a black steel pan and add clarified butter to lightly coat the bottom of the pan.
-Over low heat, arrange the round potatoes along the bottom of the pan, overlapping slightly.
-Drizzle clarified butter over the bottom layer and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
-Arrange another layer over the first. Alternate butter and salt and pepper with potatoes until 1 1/2” think. Turn up the heat to medium and cook until golden brown.
-Flip onto other side and cook for 30 minutes, adding more butter if needed.
-Place is a 350 F oven and cook for 30 minutes until crisp on the outside and tender inside. Serve in wedges.
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