Potatoes a la Creme

Ingredients

• some potatoes
• a lump of butter
• salt
• pepper
• flour to thicken
• a little nutmeg
• chopped parsley
• small piece of shallot
• some cream

Method

1. 1

   Boil some potatoes, peel them, and slice them.

2. 2

   Put a lump of butter in a saucepan, with salt, pepper, flour to thicken, a little nutmeg, chopped parsley, and a small piece of shallot; stir in some cream, and continue stirring till the sauce boils; then put in the sliced potatoes.

3. 3

   Simmer a couple of minutes, and serve.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Wholesome cookery (1887) by Marie de Joncourt, page 22. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

otatoes “ a la Creme.” Boil some potatoes, peel them, and slice them. Put a lump of butter in a saucepan, with salt, pepper, flour to thicken, a little nutmeg, chopped parsley, and small piece of shallot ; stir in some cream

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