Herb puffs à la Provence

AUTHOR
Diane Archer
DIFFICULTY
easy
RATING
4 1
COOK TIME
75 mins
TOTAL TIME
75 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 4
  • 350 g Potatoes
  • 1/8 l + 2 tablespoons of milk
  • 1 cube (42 g) Yeast
  • 1/2 bunch Parsley
  • 4 Stem(s) Thyme
  • 5 Stem(s) Marjoram
  • 1 Branch rosemary
  • 400 g Flour
  • 1 egg (size M)
  • 30 g Butter
  • 7-10 Tbsp Salt
  • 1/4 TEASPOON ground fennel seeds
  • 2 Onions
  • 2 Garlic cloves
  • 500 g Tomatoes
  • 1 TABLESPOON Oil
  • 1/4 l Tomato juice
  • 7-10 Tbsp Pepper
  • 2 TABLESPOONS Fresh cream
  • 7-10 Tbsp Flour
  • 7-10 Tbsp Grease

Directions

  1. 1

    Wash the potatoes and cook in boiling water for about 20 minutes. Drain, rinse and peel. Press them into a bowl with a potato press and let them cool down. Warm 1/8 litre of milk lukewarm, dissolve yeast in it. Wash the herbs, put 1 stalk of marjoram aside for garnishing. Pluck leaves or needles from the stalks and chop finely.

  2. 2

    Add flour, egg and yeast milk to the potatoes. Melt butter and add. Add herbs, 1 teaspoon of salt and fennel seeds and knead everything with the dough hooks of the hand mixer. Cover and leave to rise in a warm place for about 20 minutes. Knead the dough again and form 8 loaves with floured hands. Grease the casserole dish and put the pastries into it. Cover and leave to rise for about 15 minutes. Bake in the preheated oven (electric cooker: 200 °C/ convection oven: 175 °C/ gas: level 3) for 15-20 minutes. 10 minutes before the end of the cooking time, brush with 2 tablespoons of milk. Peel and finely dice onions and garlic. Wash, clean and chop the tomatoes. Heat the oil in a pot.

  3. 3

    Grease the casserole dish and put the pastries into it. Cover and leave to rise for about 15 minutes. Bake in the preheated oven (electric cooker: 200 °C/ convection oven: 175 °C/ gas: level 3) for 15-20 minutes. 10 minutes before the end of the cooking time, brush with 2 tablespoons of milk. Peel and finely dice onions and garlic. Wash, clean and chop the tomatoes. Heat the oil in a pot. Sauté onions and garlic in it. Add tomatoes and tomato juice, season with salt and pepper. Let it boil down for 5-10 minutes. Stir in crème fraiche. Arrange the pastries and tomato sauce, garnish with marjoram

  4. 4

    Sauté onions and garlic in it. Add tomatoes and tomato juice, season with salt and pepper. Let it boil down for 5-10 minutes. Stir in crème fraiche. Arrange the pastries and tomato sauce, garnish with marjoram

Nutrition Facts

KCAL
600 kcal
CARBS
93 g
FATS
16 g
PROTEINS
18 g