Celeriac Café de Paris with matchstick fries

Name: Celeriac Café de Paris with matchstick fries
Prep time: 60 min
Total time: 135 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 60 g butter; ½ dl cream; 2 anchovy fillets; 1 ⅕ kg celeriac; 1 shallots; 1 garlic cloves; ½ tsp paprika; 2 tbsp chives; 2 tbsp flat-leaf parsley; 600 g mealy potatoes; 2 tsp mild mustard; 2 tbsp olive oil; oil; 1 tbsp capers; 5 sprig thyme; 1 ½ tsp sea salt; ¾ tsp hot curry powder; 2 tsp lemon juice; salt and pepper to taste; 2 tbsp white wine

main dish

Total: 2 hr 15 min. | Active: 1 hr

gluten-free

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I love French classics! Strictly speaking, Café de Paris steak is a Swiss invention from Geneva. Nowadays, however, the dish can also be found in many brasseries in Paris. I love the sauce in particular – ideally without tarragon – and the fries. Why not swap the meat for a vegetable? Celeriac is perfect for this.

Recipe by:
Daniela Bieder – daniela CULINAIRE

Ingredients

for 4 person

Celeriac steaks
1 ⅕ kg	celeriac, cut into slices approx. 1 ½ cm thick
2 tbsp	olive oil
5 sprig	thyme
½ tsp	sea salt

Sauce
60 g	butter
1	shallot, finely chopped
1	garlic clove, finely chopped
2	anchovy fillets, finely chopped
2 tsp	mild mustard
¾ tsp	hot curry powder
½ tsp	paprika
2 tbsp	white wine
1 tbsp	capers, drained, finely chopped
2 tbsp	chives, finely chopped
2 tbsp	flat-leaf parsley, finely chopped
½ dl	cream
2 tsp	lemon juice
	salt and pepper to taste

Potatoes
600 g	mealy potatoes

Matchstick fries
	oil, for deep-frying
1 tsp	sea salt

How it's done

Celeriac steaks

Place the slices of celeriac on a baking tray lined with baking paper, brush with oil, sprinkle with thyme and season with salt.

To roast

Approx. 1 hr. in the centre of an oven preheated to 180°C.

Sauce

Heat the butter, shallot, garlic, anchovy fillets, mustard, curry powder and paprika in a small pan, simmer over a low heat for approx. 10 mins. Stir in the wine, capers and herbs. Add the cream and lemon juice while stirring, heat gently. Keep the sauce warm.

Potatoes

Cut the potatoes lengthwise into approx. 4 mm slices, then cut the slices into thin sticks. Soak the potatoes in cold water for approx. 15 mins., drain well and pat dry.

Matchstick fries

Heat the oil to 180°C, fry the potatoes for approx. 8 mins. per batch until crispy and golden. Remove with a slotted spoon, drain on a rack lined with fresh paper towels, season with salt. Serve the celeriac steaks and fries with the sauce.

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