Pommes Fondants

Preparation info
  • Serves

    4

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in

By Anthony Bourdain

Published 2004

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Ingredients

  • 4 large Idaho potatoes, scrubbed
  • 2 tbsp/28 g duck fat

Method

Prep

Cut each potato in half, across its equator, and cut each half into 3 equal-size pieces. Use the paring knife to “turn” (or whittle, if necessary) each piece into a football shape—hopefully with six sides. Place the pieces in the bowl of cold water to keep them from turning brown.

Think tiny zeppelins. (And don’t be too hard on yourself, odds a