Simple Side Dish: Potato Fondant | Crispy, Buttery Potatoes with Fresh Herbs

Summary by Krater

Jacques Pépin demonstrates how to make pommes fondant, a French potato dish where small peeled potatoes are cooked in water and oil, cracked open, and browned in butter with chives.

From the video

Answers: How do you make pommes fondant?

• pommes fondant recipe
• melting potatoes technique
• cooking small potatoes in pan

Ingredients

• 15 Yukon Gold potato
• 1 1/2 cups water
• 2 tbsp corn oil
• salt
• 2 tbsp butter
• chives

What it concludes

• Covering and cooking the potatoes in water and oil for about 15 minutes softens them.
• Cracking the potatoes gently with a bowl allows them to absorb the remaining cooking liquid and brown properly in butter.