How To Make Pomme Purée

I've been making a few different iterations of these potatoes for quite sometime now and I've always wanted to do a dedicated video on them just to tackle this French classic once and for all. So what's the big deal with "Pomme Purée" after-all you might say.. one thing..emulsification. The careful marrying of cream and butter within the beautiful medium of milled potatoes makes this an absolute stunner of a side dish or bed to your 8hr red wine braised short ribs. Hope you enjoyed the recipe and make sure to leave a like and comment if you did!
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INGREDIENTS:
2-3lbs Yukon gold potato (fingerlings works as well)
4-5oz butter
1/2 cup cream
1/2 cup milk (adjust to desire consistency)
salt to taste
3tbsp melted brown butter

[@AriesaDq]

I’ve been watching you for YEARS, and will continue to. You’re so meticulous, both with your cooking and content. Definitely a big fan, keep up the great work, Byron!

[@curtiskauffman]

So glad you are finally back posting more often. Please don’t stop. I have wowed my friends on the tree cake multiple times. Thanks for making the time God bless you and your family.

[@douglasosborn5673]

Love the idea for brown butter. And thank you so much for giving some plating options. Not only beautiful food but a beautiful plate too!

[@crystgh]

Commenting while watching and wow the thumbnail photo! 😍 The way you peeled and diced those potatoes was awesome! 🥔❤️🫶

[@thuytienlives8487]

Fantastic recipe!!

[@AGTsakumis]

I absolutely LOVE your channel. You're a master at explaining a recipe and the food you prepare is elegantly and cleanly done. Very pleasant. None of the nonsense of other KZbin chefs. Continued success and God bless.

[@ByronTalbott]

Can’t even describe how thankful I am for this comment. There is a lot of other great food content out there so thank you thank you thank you.

[@AGTsakumis]

@@ByronTalbott You're most welcome. Keep doing what you're doing. Top notch presentation and superb recipes, expertly prepared. Again, best wishes.

[@lazercheesecake]

This is so awesome!

[@kln_mn]

totally failed at making these last night, they just turned into regular old mashed potatoes with some infused cream. This video showed me all the things I didn't do right! needed to dice up the potatoes so they cooked quicker and more fully, and definitely needed more cream. thank you!

[@billyethridge1558]

I literally learned of these yesterday when I saw a post in an Italian food group where I'm a member. One person said his mom would make these and he thought they were just mashed potatoes but he knows now they were Pomme Puree, live and learn.

[@jeanniecn__]

I love potatoes in any presentation but normally dont really enjoy puree bc i feel like im not eating anything. However I just made your recipe bc is my dads birthday tomorrow and iiiiiii looooooooove it , i hope everyone gives a try to this!

[@TheGoldMind_]

Thank you, this is awesome 👌

[@pennythejet]

This pommes purée with Swedish meatballs, gravy and lingonberry jam would be 👌

[@ByronTalbott]

🤤 yes, that sound AMAZING

[@billyethridge1558]

I actually have some lingonberry jam and that sounds like an excellent combination.

[@lockedparadox]

Only ever had Swedish meatballs and lingon berries at Ikea years ago💀💀💀need to try to make it myself

[@pennythejet]

@@lockedparadox it's soo much better homemade - and very easy too! The soaked bread makes all the difference 😋

[@SeeNyuOG]

If you'd love some more potato flavor, just boil it with potato peels. That's how I parboil my potatos for french fries and everyone was astonished by the taste

[@ByronTalbott]

Great tip!

[@Poonamsmartkitchen]

Nice

[@jimmykez3066]

Yum! Full video with steak and Au Jus please!

[@jayantiskhana]

Wow looking nice food

[@jonpmonroe]

Epitome :) Literally just got some prime grade beef short ribs.... I know what dinner is tomorrow!

[@ByronTalbott]

Lucky dog!! Gotta love when it all comes together. Enjoy my friend, I’m now extremely jealous

[@timi7844]

My invite? Enjoy.

[@Sourpusscandy]

Put it in a piping bag, make little mounds, put in oven to toast the outsides. My family always used an electric mixer to blend.

[@ByronTalbott]

I LOVE duchess potatoes

[@Sourpusscandy]

@@ByronTalbott Oh, I didn’t know what they are called, thx

[@BriteLake]

I was taught and watch programs of chef that potatoes start in cold salted water and then brought to a boil. Othewise, the way you showed here you put the potatoes in hot water. Your method creates potatoes being uncooked in the middle while the outer portion of the potato gets over cooked and watering.

[@alexiatorrez7680]

My French side always made me cook pomme 🥔 purée when someone ask me for match potatoes for a side. I think 🤔 is better if it’s the only side for a steak 🥩

[@lisaalicea6540]

And with scallops like Gordon Ramsey does. I ate at Hell’s Kitchen here in ct Foxwoods and the purree under the scallops were amazing

[@marko3261]

I love making pomme purée with braised short ribs. My trick for ultra smooth is to run them through a ricer, add the cream & then pass them over a splatter screen (tiny, tiny holes) & then add the butter. Find it easier to run them over the splatter screen after the cream is added

[@ByronTalbott]

Never done the splatter screen trick, but using a ricer is definitely the ultimate technique for pomme puree

[@SaintShion]

My grandpa used to make these w brown butter and rosemary salt and leeks on the side. Mmmm

[@gsoffice6402]

My "cook" says I am forbidden from watching your videos before dinner! 😊

[@ByronTalbott]

Lol!!! Who’s your “cook”?

[@mellowqueen7838]

Do you have a video on pulled pork sandwiches?

[@ByronTalbott]

I sure do! Link here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iZzNoYl5o9iJmdk

[@angelobandian8949]

can i blitz this on blender or food processor? cheers

[@HyeHong]

You should try "menbosha" (shrimp toast) just to try, doesnt have to be a content video. its popular in south korea since a couple years ago.

[@timi7844]

Byron, did you prepare these to order, when working in the restaurant? I’m retired now. Just curious at what stage you started . Thanks.

[@ByronTalbott]

We’d always make a good base before service and keep warm then pick it up to order with various additions.

[@timi7844]

@@ByronTalbott thank you. I loved your Chilaquiles recipe, and would adapt it to the last restaurant I worked at. Thanks again for these recipes! I really enjoy your plates.

[@petitfour7687]

❤

[@sxd-215]

I recall boiling potatoes is better to start with cold water.. any thoughts on that?

[@JoopDelingen]

Can you mix in (part of) the dairy mixture first so it's easier to pass through the sieve?

[@ByronTalbott]

You absolutely can. That is a legit trick to help pass them

[@JoopDelingen]

@@ByronTalbott Great! Thanks for the reply!

[@georgeracz1648]

Where is the french drum fine sieve? Boiling peeled potatoes? Aren't they water logged? Is there minimum 25-30% butter for a french mash?? How much cream did you add to the French mashed potatoes?? Any hard elbow work to get the French quality of mashed potatoes?

[@Keemany971]

Hi, we says « Purée de pommes de terre » in French 😅

[@latchodives]

We say both :) though « pomme purée » is more of a culinary term in schools and restaurants. But yeah we even just say « purée » in everyday’s life :)

[@ByronTalbott]

@@latchodives Thank you for the disclaimer on this normality.

[@t_ylr]

I was thinking this was gonna made from apples, but I guess that's just apple sauce haha.

[@ByronTalbott]

Ohhhh my goodness… why am I so dumb. Epitome. Really? I’ve used that word a billions times and I don’t know why I said it like that. My brain wasn’t connected to my mouth. Wow.

[@NinaNinaNB]

Byron you are so international and knowledgeable, that without even being aware you pronunce it in Greek, which is the origin of that word 😉👏 I'll try this recipe I've never had it, do you think it could combine well with fish? Salmon let's say? Have a great day

[@pattykrabbies]

I thought it was gonna be an apple puree lmao

[@Mournes]

“Eh Pi Tome” 🧑🏻‍🍳

[@somewhatlikegod]

Epitome ... xD

[@mellowqueen7838]

Could we puree the potatoes in a food processor?

[@ByronTalbott]

I would not recommend that since you’ll build the starch into a gummy paste and it just won’t be a desirable texture. Been there done that, trust me. Always worth a try though just to see what the results would be.

[@hjx7272]

와 딘따 마싯겠다

[@rjalvia]

Can you do tomahawk steak?

[@kraknoix0075]

Do they not miss seasoning flavours as there is no pepper or nutmeg? Or are these better without?

[@ByronTalbott]

You can do those as an iteration, but this is just the traditional base.

[@shoresoffreedom]

what is brown butter?

[@rockpaperskizzers]

Butter that is melted in a pot and cooked until the milk solids turn golden brown. It gives the butter a toasted nutty taste. Very yummy!

[@CarlosHenrique-jp3mn]

I thought it was a apple 🍎 purée when I saw the thumbnail, actually it's pomme de terre purée 😂

[@manonlison]

Me being French and always calling this mash potatoe 😂

[@thibaultaunave3959]

Measurements ?

[@SerenaHSerena77Elvis2]

I can’t really tell the difference between this and mashed potatoes it looks like the same process to me

[@jacobsed6665]

Fancy mashed potato lol

[@Tavieme]

Who knew all this time i grew up eating and making Pomm Purée.. we always made our mashed potatoes smooth and added cream, milk and butter.

[@iberos]

Purée means mached potato in french....

[@dimidragaonaarea]

my man, its actually called mashed taters

[@5uckk]

Nah nah nah my man, it actually called spud mud.

[@manwithzerohaters2094]

Hey your recipe is so good and nice can you join the KHAL FORUM , This is the world only cooking social media.

[@ulvemann43]

But...this is just mashed potatoes.

[@rulogiu]

ok i'm not french but I studied french language, pomme is "apple", pomme de terre is "potato", I was expecting an apple purèe to be honest lol

[@ByronTalbott]

You’re right about that and it’s always been confusing to me as well, but this is the correct nomenclature for this type of dish in my experience working with French menus

[@rulogiu]

@@ByronTalbott oh ok, didn't know that. You know there's also a British side dish which is the apple purée so it just confused me. Anyway you're just too healty-focused to prepare the Joel robuchon purée 😂

[@redcyan77]

And the French don’t call fries “pomme de terre frites” simply “pommes frites”. 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@rulogiu]

@@redcyan77 no, they call them just "frites"

[@latchodives]

@@rulogiu in everyday life we call them frite, but fancy restaurants, culinary schools and such most potato dishes are called « pomme something »: « pomme frites » « pomme purée » « pomme noisette » « pomme duchesse » « pomme dauphine » « pomme soufflée »

[@gabrielkosiner]

Pomme means apple

[@latchodives]

Yes Apple is « pomme » but potato is « pomme de terre » in French, often abbreviated « pomme » in French culinary terms like « pomme purée », « pommes frites » « pomme noisette » « pomme duchesse » etc…

[@gabrielkosiner]

@@latchodives thank you, I didn't know

[@latchodives]

@@gabrielkosiner no problem! French is such a weird language even for us :)

[@ByronTalbott]

@@latchodives thank you for this. I’ve been so confused at the perceived mistranslation because I’ve always just seen pomme as the casual word for potato on French menus even though it truly means apple.

[@latchodives]

@@ByronTalbott french culinary vocabulary has been codified a couple centuries ago and doesn’t always reflect everyday’s language. When casually speaking we usually say just « frites » or « purée » (which when unspecified is always potato purée). Casually we still say « pomme noisette » because just « noisette » means « hazelnut » And to add to the confusion, pomme de terre translates as « Apple from the earth/ground ». We also sometimes call a potato «une patate » (very casual) which is closer to the English word. French is hard, French culinary vocabulary is harder. But when you’re in front of a plate it’s worth it :D

[@LalytaLovely]

No le encuentro la grandeza a este puré, es igual al que hago yo en mi casa 😒

[@SN-cv9rz]

Sorry but when you make a purée you keep the skin whilst boiling.

[@seanplays16]

They’re called “Mashed Potatoes” You’re welcome 🥱😏