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Aligot

Name: Aligot
Prep time: 1 h 17 min
Total time: 1 h 17 min
Yield: 4 people
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 500 g potato purée; 250 g cheese; Salt; Pepper

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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Duration

1 hour 20 min.

Difficulty

Easy

Last modified on: October 25^th 2026

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For 4 people, you will need:

1 500 g potato purée
2 250 g cheese
3 Salt
4 Pepper
Total weight: 750 grams

Times for this recipe

Preparation

1 hour 20 min.

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Step by step recipe

Step 1 - ⌛ 50 min.

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

Step 2 - ⌛ 5 min.

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

Step 3 - ⌛ 2 min.

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

Step 4 - ⌛ 20 min.

Then stir until the cheese is completely melted.

Repeat this operation until all the cheese has been incorporated.

Step 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.

Step 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.

Source: Homemade.

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Nutritional information

	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats	Calories	Energy
Per 100 g	9 g RDI=13 %	13 g RDI=5 %	16 g RDI=21 %	230 kcal RDI=11 %	962 kJ RDI=11 %
Per person	16 g RDI=25 %	24 g RDI=9 %	29 g RDI=40 %	431 kcal RDI=22 %	1,803 kJ RDI=22 %
Whole recipe	65 g RDI=100 %	98 g RDI=37 %	118 g RDI=161 %	1,723 kcal RDI=86 %	7,212 kJ RDI=86 %