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Pommes de Terre Byron
Created by Chef Juliette
Pommes de Terre Byron turns a deeply browned potato galette into a cream-and-cheese gratin, glazed fast under fierce heat. The lesson is exact: colour first, richness second.
Pommes de Terre Byron (a butter-browned potato galette glazed with cream and cheese) teaches order. Cream and cheese can gild a crust, never create it. Begin with a deeply browned galette or finish with a pale one wearing an expensive hat.
The source asks for neither saucier nor stockpot. Its brigade advantage is different: Pommes de Terre Macaire (No. 2228) ready from another station and a salamander blazing above the pass. At home, one prepared 8-inch galette and a thoroughly heated broiler do the same work. Repeated service batches are scaffolding and go; the butter-browned base, copious cream, grated cheese, and rapid glaze are the dish and stay. One cook, one stove, one evening.
Before the cream touches the potato, inspect both sides of the galette. They must be deep hazelnut brown and crisp. That browning is the one step that decides Pommes de Terre Byron.
Ingredients
prepared potato galette
Quantity
1 8-inch (20 cm) galette Pommes de Terre Macaire (No. 2228)
heavy cream, 35% fat
Quantity
⅓ cup (80 ml / 80 g)
allowed to lose its refrigerator chill
Gruyère
Quantity
¾ cup loosely packed (180 ml / 75 g)
finely grated
| Ingredient | Quantity |
|---|---|
| prepared potato galette | 1 8-inch (20 cm) galette Pommes de Terre Macaire (No. 2228) |
| heavy cream, 35% fatallowed to lose its refrigerator chill | ⅓ cup (80 ml / 80 g) |
| Gruyèrefinely grated | ¾ cup loosely packed (180 ml / 75 g) |
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