Pommes de Terre à la Berrichonne

Name: Pommes de Terre à la Berrichonne (Herbed Potatoes)
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: Dash of sugar; Thyme branch, or dash of thyme; 4 sprigs parsley; Chicken stock; 6 potatoes; 1 onion, diced; Minced parsley; Salt and pepper to season; 1 bay leaf; Piece butter; 3 slices lean bacon, diced

Herbed Potatoes

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Hows and Whys of French Cooking

By Alma Lach

Published 1974

About

Ingredients

3 slices lean bacon, diced
Piece butter
1 onion, diced

Europe
France
Berry
Poitou
Side dish
Gluten-free
Mediterranean

Method

Put diced bacon into cold water and bring to a boil to blanch the bacon. Drain. Put into a 9-inch skillet with the butter and onions. Stir-fry until bacon is rendered and is somewhat crisp. Spoon off fat.
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