Potato Flowers Stuffed with Mushrooms
Potato flowers made with Monna Lissa potatoes, delicately soft and crispy, stuffed with a flavorful mixture of mushrooms that exudes an earthy and captivating aroma.
Ingredients
Servings:
4

Ingredients

  • 4 large potatoes Monna Lissa
  • Stuffing
  • Mushrooms
  • 3 tablespoonscream of milk of 35%
  • butter
  • minced lamb
  • salt
  • Port wine and truffle sauce
  • 2 copesPort wine black
  • 2 onions
  • 2 boletesbutter
  • 40 mlconcentrated meat juice (or from a previous roast)
  • 20 mltruffle juice (or the one from cooking the mushrooms)
  • salt and pepper
Nutritional Information

Per serving

Calculated for 4 servings

Calories
450 kcal
Protein
12.2 g
Fat
10.6 g
Carbohydrates
75.7 g

Calculated from reviewed ingredient weights and pinned USDA FoodData Central records.

Step-by-step Guide

Oven-Baked Potatoes

Oven-Baked Potatoes
  • Peel the potatoes and, with a knife, shape them into a boot form, ensuring the surfaces are smooth and uniform.
  • Cut and remove the top and bottom caps of each potato to create a flat base so they remain upright.
  • On the outer surface of the potato cylinder, make regular and smooth grooves with the tip of the knife.
  • Using a scooper, hollow out the interior of the potato to create a small dish, leaving a base 1 cm thick and side walls approximately 0.5 cm.
  • Bake the potatoes in a preheated oven at 150 ºC until they are fully cooked and the tips of the grooves have turned golden, which may take approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes.
  • About 8-10 minutes before finishing the cooking time, brush the potatoes with a little oil using a silicone brush to help them brown evenly.

Stuffing

  • Heat a pan over low heat and add a piece of butter. Once melted, incorporate the chopped mushrooms and chopped chives. Add a bit of salt and cook for about 10-12 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the mushrooms are tender and have released their juices.
  • Add the cream to the pan and continue cooking over low heat. Stir constantly for about 5-7 minutes, or until the mixture has reached a thick creamy consistency. Note: You can fill the potato with any other ingredient, such as cod brandade or cooked vegetables, according to your preferences.

Port and Truffle Sauce

  • In a pan over low heat, cook the finely chopped onion with a bit of butter, stirring often until it is soft and translucent, for about 10-15 minutes.
  • When the onion is softened, add the Port wine and slightly increase the heat. Let the sauce reduce, stirring occasionally, until it becomes thick, approximately 15-20 minutes.
  • Once the sauce has reduced, add the roasting juices and mushroom juices, mixing all the ingredients well.
  • Continue cooking over medium heat and let the sauce reduce until it reaches half of its original volume, for about 10-15 minutes.
  • Strain the sauce through a chinois to remove impurities, season with salt and pepper to taste, and add finely chopped chives before serving.

Presentation

  • Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius.
  • Stuff the potatoes with the mushroom sauce or any other previously cooked filling, ensuring they are well-filled.
  • Poach the potatoes in the oven for 10 minutes, or until they are well heated.
  • Place the potatoes on the plates and generously drizzle them with the Port wine sauce.
Recommendations & Tricks
  • They work with any other filling, even without sauce.
  • You can fill them with salt-cod brandade, cooked vegetables, and so on.
  • Recipe by Ferran Adrià, El Bulli.
Original recipe
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