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Duchess Potatoes

Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 15 minutes
Course Side Dish
Servings 6 servings (3 Dutchess potatoes per serving

Equipment

  • 1 potato masher
  • parchment paper
  • 1 piping bag
  • 1 large baking sheet

Ingredients
  

  • 2 large russet potatoes, peeled and chopped into cubes
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon white pepper
  • 3 tablespoons butter
  • 1/3 cup grated baby Swiss cheese
  • 1/8 cup heavy cream
  • 3 egg yolks
  • 3 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit.
  • Place potato cubes in a pan of salted boiling water. Cook over medium-high heat until tender. Drain.
  • Mash potatoes with a potato masher until they are smooth with only a few small lumps, but not so much that the potatoes become "gluey".
  • Add salt and pepper, butter and baby Swiss cheese. Stir until butter and cheese are melted.
  • Add heavy cream and stir to combine.
  • Add egg yolks, one at a time and stir briskly into the potatoes.
  • Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper. (dab a little water underneath each corner of parchment paper to help it adhere to the baking sheet)
  • Place some of the potato mixture into a piping bag filled with a 1/2"star tip. Fold top of bag over so the potato mixture will not come out of the bag (do not overfill the bag).
  • Pipe 20 (each the size of a 50 cent piece) round potato mounds onto lined baking sheet, about 2 inches apart.
  • Sprinkle each mound with Parmesan cheese.
  • Bake potatoes for 10 minutes, rotate pan in oven, then bake 10 more minutes.
  • Remove pan from oven, turn on broiler. Return pan to oven and broil 3 - 4 minutes until tops of potatoes are golden brown.