Fondant potatoes

Recipe video above. Golden on the outside and meltingly tender inside (hence the name!), infused with flavour from roasting in a buttery stock. Lovely, elegant way to cook potatoes, very restaurant-y! If you're in a hurry, don't worrying about shaping into cylinders. Just cut thick slabs of potato (whatever shape they happen to be!) and cook per the recipe. Or, just use a potato peeler to shape as best you can. It will still taste just as good!

For crisp on the outside, buttery on the inside potatoes, make fondant potatoes, also known as pommes de terre fondantes. This French-inspired recipe is surprisingly simple.

Potatoes Fondant are called "melting potatoes" because they do just that...they melt in your mouth. If you can't find duck fat, then go with bacon grease or just plain vegetable oil. You'll still have stunning potatoes.

Fondant Potatoes are buttery and melt-in-your-mouth tender, with a golden, crispy crust. They are the perfect elegant and tasty side dish.

An easy, impressive recipe for restaurant-quality fondant potatoes made with just five staple ingredients.

Large cylinders of potatoes, crispy on the outside and melt in your mouth creamy on the inside, in a butter and garlic broth with aromatic herbs.

The preparation of these potatoes might seem a little faffy and believe me, I thought so too, but by making sure they are all fairly uniform, you will encourage the best even cooking.As we know, potatoes come in all shapes and sizes, from knobbly to skinny. Therefore, I haven't put a total weight of whole unpeeled potatoes in the recipe because it all depends on their shapes! The aim is to end up with around 350 g of evenly-sized potato cylinders, and the leftover scraps of potato can be…

Fondant Potatoes with tender and creamy insides and a crispy outside are packed with flavor. These are easy enough for a weeknight side dish.

These Fondant Potatoes (aka melting potatoes) are absolutely out of this world delicious! They’re definitely a special occasion type of recipe, but 100% worth the effort. They're seared and then baked until perfectly golden and tender.

Fondant potatoes is a popular European aristocratic dish. The classical cooking technique utilized for this old school recipe has become an essential part of culinary school teaching.