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Bourbonnais potato pie

Bourbonnais potato pie

  • Main course

A puff pastry potato and herb pie filled with cream after baking.

Active time30 min

Cooking40 min

Total1 h 45 minResting : 30 min

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Ingredients

  • 1 shallot
  • 1 garlic clove
  • 1 tbsp fresh flat-leaf parsley
  • 600 g raw potatoes
  • 300 ml full-fat crème fraîche
  • 1 raw egg
  • 460 g ready-rolled puff pastry in two sheets
  • 1 pinch of ground black pepper
  • 1 pinch of fine salt

Preparation

  1. Wash and chop the parsley. Peel and thinly slice the potatoes, shallot and garlic. Mix with parsley, salt and pepper. Line a 26 cm tin with a pastry sheet on its paper and fill with the potatoes.

    1 shallot
    1 garlic clove
    1 tbsp fresh flat-leaf parsley
    600 g raw potatoes
    460 g ready-rolled puff pastry in two sheets
    1 pinch of ground black pepper
    1 pinch of fine salt
    • peeler
    • knife
    • chopping board
    • bowl
    • pie tin
    • baking paper
  2. Moisten the edges with water, cover with the other sheet and seal. Cut a small steam vent in the centre. Separate and beat the egg yolk and brush over the pastry. Refrigerate the white for another use. Chill the pie for 30 minutes.

    1 raw egg
    • knife
    • bowl
    • fork
    • pastry brush
  3. Heat the oven to 210 °C and bake the pie for 10 minutes.

    • oven
  4. Reduce the oven to 180 °C and bake for 30 minutes more. The pastry should be golden and the potatoes tender when tested through the vent.

    • oven
    • knife
  5. Remove the tin using oven gloves. Carefully cut off the pastry lid. Pour the cream over the potatoes and replace the lid immediately. Serve hot.

    300 ml full-fat crème fraîche
    • oven gloves
    • knife
    • spoon

Allergens

  • Eggs
  • Gluten
  • Milk
Sources and credits

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Bourbonnais potato pie