Duchess Potatoes

Preparation info
  • 6

    helpings
    • Difficulty

      Easy

    • Ready in

      15 min

Appears in

By Isabella Beeton

Published 1861

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Ingredients

  • 1 lb. old potatoes
  • 1 oz. butter or margarine
  • cream or top of

Method

Prepare and cook the potatoes as for Boiled Potatoes. Put through a sieve. Mash with the fat, beaten egg and sufficient cream to give a smooth mixture, which stands up in soft peaks when drawn up with the wooden spoon. Season well and add grated nutmeg. Pipe through a star vegetable pipe, on to a greased baking-sheet. Sprinkle with a little beaten egg and bake in a hot oven (400° F., Gas