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Aligot

Aligot is a traditional family dish from the Auvergne mountains in France. It is basically a potato purée enriched with cheese and stirred for a long time.

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Last modified on: April 5^th 2012

Keywords for this recipe:Aligot Mash potatoes Cheese Auvergne area

For 4 people, you will need:

1 500 g potato purée
2 250 g cheese
3 salt
4 pepper
Total weight: 750 grams

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1 hour 17 min.	1 hour 17 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 50 min.

Prepare 500 g potato purée. (Note that the French potato purée is more liquid than British-style mashed potatoes).

Stage 2 - 5 min.

Cut 250 g cheese into thin shreds. A vegetable peeler is the ideal tool for this.

Stage 3 - 2 min.

On low heat, add a few shreds of cheese to the potato purée.

Stage 4 - 20 min.

Then stir until the cheese is completely melted.

Repeat this operation until all the cheese has been incorporated.

Stage 5

Your aligot can be served at this stage, but traditionally, the stirring should be continued (though this is rather tiring) until it becomes stretchy and can be pulled out of the pan.

Stage 6

Serve piping hot, on its own or with a traditional French sausage, for example.

Remarks

You can use any cheese of your choice, but for a "real" aligot, you should use a "tome fraiche" from Laguiole.

If you like garlic, add a finely chopped clove at the same time as the cheese.

And to drink?

A red wine such as a Côte d'Auvergne, made from Pinot Noir grapes.

Keeping

A few days in the fridge in a sealed container.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
1,723 Kcal or 7,214 Kj	65 gr	98 gr	123 gr
86 %	25 %	9 %	19 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
230 Kcal or 963 Kj	9 gr	13 gr	16 gr
11 %	3 %	1 %	2 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
431 Kcal or 1,805 Kj	16 gr	24 gr	31 gr
22 %	6 %	2 %	5 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

How much will it cost?

For 4 people : 2.70 €
Per person : 0.68 €

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Source

Home made.

This recipe uses (among others)

	Potato purée: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Welsh-style potato purée, Fried rillettes, Hachis parmentier, Potato and two ham gratin, Oxtail Parmentier, ... All
	Cheese: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Bisto-style canapés, Hamburgers, Kérinou slices, Savoury mini-madeleines with 2 cheeses, Crispy potato galette with leeks, ... All
	Pepper: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Terrine of foie gras, Quiche filling mixture, Fillets of sole meunière, Turnip and Jerusalem artichoke soup, Canapés of red mullet with poppy seeds, ... All
	Salt: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Grilled fillet of salmon with corn-salad cream, Seafood feuillantines, Quick chicken curry, Potato purée , Individual creamy endive gratins, ... All

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