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Pommes dauphine are French fried potato puffs made by combining mashed potato with choux pastry, the dough used for preparations such as cream puffs. Portions of the mixture are shaped or spooned into hot oil, where they expand and develop a crisp exterior around a light, tender center. They are traditionally served hot as a side dish with roasted or grilled meat rather than as a filled pastry.
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What are pommes dauphine made from?
Pommes dauphine combine mashed potato with choux pastry. Choux is the same type of dough used for preparations such as cream puffs.
How are pommes dauphine cooked?
Portions of the potato and choux mixture are spooned or shaped and fried in hot oil. They expand into a crisp exterior with a light, tender center.
Why are pommes dauphine lighter than ordinary potato croquettes?
Their light texture comes from the choux pastry mixed into the mashed potato. They are not simply dense potato filling covered with a breadcrumb coating.
What gives pommes dauphine their puffed shape?
The mixture of mashed potato and choux pastry expands when it reaches hot oil. That expansion creates the airy interior and crisp shell associated with these French potato puffs.
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