Duchess potatoes
Encyclopedia
Duchess potatoes or Duchesse potatoes is a seasoned purée
of mashed potato
and egg
. It is moulded by hand into various shapes or forced from a piping bag onto a baking sheet, or served as a topping on a dish.
Purée
Purée and mash are general terms for cooked food, usually vegetables or legumes, that have been ground, pressed, blended, and/or sieved to the consistency of a soft creamy paste or thick liquid. Purées of specific foods are often known by specific names, e.g., mashed potatoes or apple sauce...
of mashed potato
Potato
The potato is a starchy, tuberous crop from the perennial Solanum tuberosum of the Solanaceae family . The word potato may refer to the plant itself as well as the edible tuber. In the region of the Andes, there are some other closely related cultivated potato species...
and egg
Egg (food)
Eggs are laid by females of many different species, including birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish, and have probably been eaten by mankind for millennia. Bird and reptile eggs consist of a protective eggshell, albumen , and vitellus , contained within various thin membranes...
. It is moulded by hand into various shapes or forced from a piping bag onto a baking sheet, or served as a topping on a dish.