Fondant Potatoes
Serves: 4
Cook Time: 1 hour
From TheLadyEve on reddit. Fondant potatoes are a rich side dish of potatoes browned in fat, flavoured with herbs, then cooked slowly in stock and butter in the oven. “Fondant” means “melting”.
Ingredients
- 4 large potatoes (e.g. Desiree)
- 60g butter
- olive oil
- 4 garlic cloves, peeled
- 8 sprigs thyme
- salt and pepper
- 400ml chicken stock
Method
Potatoes. Cut ends off potatoes, then trim off the skin from top to bottom shaping into a uniform barrel. Cut in half and trim the larger edge into bevel shape. Rinse in cold water.
Heat oven proof frying pan to medium. Add olive oil, butter and melt. Add potatoes, thyme and garlic. Fry until potatoes brown, then flip and brown some more.
Add chicken stock and bring to boil. Cook in oven on 200°C fan for 30 min.
By the end the stock should be mostly evaporated and the potatoes soft.