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French Potato Pie

QimiQ Benefits

  • Fillings remain moist for longer
  • Problem-free reheating possible
  • Quick and easy preparation

Minutes

40

Difficulty

medium

French Potato Pie
French Potato Pie

Ingredients

For 1 springform cake tin 26 cm Ø

  • 2package

    Puff pastry

  • g

    Butter, for the baking tin

  • 1

    Egg(s), to brush

  • For the filling

  • 250g

    QimiQ Cream Base, unchilled

  • 500g

    Potatoes, peeled

  • 2

    Onion(s), cut into strips

  • 100g

    Streaky bacon, diced

  • 2

    Garlic clove(s), finely chopped

  • 100g

    Butter

  • Salt and pepper

  • Ground nutmeg

  • 3

    Egg(s)

  • 1tbsp

    Flat-leaf parsley, finely chopped

  • 2tbsp

    Tarragon, finely chopped

Preparation

  1. Preheat the oven to 180 °C (conventional oven) and prepare the pastry according to the instructions on the package.
  2. Slice the potatoes into wafer thin slices.
  3. Fry with the onion, bacon and garlic in butter until the potatoes are half cooked. Season with salt, pepper and nutmeg and allow to cool slightly.
  4. Mix the QimiQ Sauce Base, eggs, parsley and tarragon with the potato mixture well and adjust the seasoning.
  5. Use one sheet of pastry to layer a greased cake tin and allow the excess pastry to hang over the rim.
  6. Pour the mixture onto the pastry and top with the second sheet of pastry. Cut of the excess pastry to use to decorate. Brush the surface with egg and cut a small hole in the centre to allow steam to escape.
  7. Bake in the hot oven for approx. 50 minutes (cover with tin foil to prevent burning if necessary).

Hints

  • Replace half of the potatoes with sweet potatoes.
Some doughy looking food

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