Fancy Potato Rosettes Pommes de terre Duchesse, farcies de fromage

Ingredients:

• potatoes or instant mashed potatoes
• sour cream or crème fraîche
• minced garlic
• chopped or coarsely grated fresh cheese (sharp Cheddar, strong Gruyère, or Asiago cheese)
• ground nutmeg
• butter
• breadcrumbs
• optional: fried bacon bits

Instructions:

• make mashed potatoes out of fresh potatoes or instant; make it thicker then for regular serving
• blend in a couple of tablespoons of sour cream
• blend in the minced garlic to taste (I use a lot)
• blend in the grated cheese
• blend in a good pinch of ground nutmeg
• optional: blend in the bacon bits
• use a pastry bag with a coarse bit, to make rosettes of the potato mix on a non-stick ovensheet; alternatively, use spoons to make nicely shaped mounds
• melt some butter and mix in breadcrumbs
• put some of the buttered breadcrumbs on top of each potato mound
• bake in oven until golden brown. [Recipe by Frank Dörenberg]