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Pommes Boulangère

One serving has 387 kcal and 11 g protein, and at least a fifth of a woman's daily need of pyridoxine (87%), copper (44%), niacin (38%), manganese (31%), phosphorus (31%) and potassium (30%). Ready in 90 minutes.

Pommes Boulangère
Photo: Joy, CC BY 2.0 · source
  • Preparation: 15 min
  • Cooking: 75 min
  • Makes: 1 serving (504 g)
  • Difficulty: Easy
  • Diets: Gluten-free
  • Contains: celery, dairy, poultry

Ingredients

  • 280 g Potatoes, russet, raw
  • 60 g Onions, raw
  • 150 g Chicken stock, homemade
  • 12 g Butter, unsalted
  • 1 g Thyme, fresh
  • 0.7 g Salt
  • 0.2 g Black pepper

Method

  1. Peel the potatoes and slice them thinly, about 3 mm thick; slice the onion thinly too.
  2. Butter a small baking dish and layer the potatoes and onion, overlapping the slices, seasoning lightly with salt, pepper and thyme leaves between layers.
  3. Warm the stock and pour it over the potatoes until it comes about two-thirds of the way up.
  4. Dot the remaining butter over the top layer.
  5. Cover with foil and bake at 160 °C (320 °F) for 1 hour, then uncover and bake for a further 15-20 minutes until the top is golden and crisp and the potatoes have absorbed most of the stock.
  6. Rest for 5 minutes before serving straight from the dish.

Nutrition per serving

NutrientPer servingShare of a day's need
Energy387 kcal18%
Carbohydrates61.9 g
Water414 mL
Fiber4.8 g16%
Protein10.6 g22%
Tryptophan0.01 g
Threonine0.02 g
Isoleucine0.02 g
Leucine0.03 g
Lysine0.03 g
Methionine0 g
Cystine0 g
Phenylalanine0.02 g
Tyrosine0.01 g
Valine0.02 g
Histidine0.01 g
Fat11.8 g
Monounsaturated3.7 g
Polyunsaturated0.82 g
Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA)0 g
Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA)0 g
Omega-60.63 g
Saturated6.7 g
Trans-Fats0 g
Cholesterol30.3 mg
Calcium62.7 mg6%
Copper0.4 mg44%
Iron3 mg17%
Magnesium78.6 mg25%
Manganese0.56 mg31%
Phosphorus216 mg31%
Potassium1,424 mg30%
Selenium4.8 µg9%
Sodium504 mg
Zinc1.2 mg14%
Thiamin (vitamin B1)0.31 mg28%
Riboflavin (vitamin B2)0.25 mg23%
Niacin (vitamin B3)5.4 mg38%
Pantothenic acid (vitamin B5)0.94 mg19%
Pyridoxine (vitamin B6)1.1 mg87%
Folate (vitamin B9)58.9 µg15%
Cobalamin (vitamin B12)0.02 µg1%
Choline55 mg13%
Vitamin A86 µg12%
Vitamin C22.3 mg30%
Vitamin D (D2 + D3)0 IU0%
Vitamin E0.37 mg2%
Vitamin K6.8 µg8%

Shares of a day's need are for a woman of 30, 165 cm, 60 kg, lightly active, by the US and Canadian Dietary Reference Intakes. SustainBite works out each person's own needs, by the standard where they live: the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations in Norway, the UK's, EFSA's in the EU.

Climate footprint

0.4 kg CO2e a serving: lower than most main dishes on SustainBite. Source: ADEME, Agribalyse 3.2.

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