# French cabbage potato pie

- Cuisine: French
- Category: Dessert
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- cabbage leaves
- 1 whole spring onion
- potatoes
- butter
- inner leaves of blanched cabbage
- heavy cream
- salt
- fresh cracked pepper
- 1 egg yolk
- avocado oil

## Instructions

1. Parboil the cabbage leaves for 2 to 3 minutes.
2. Dry the cabbage leaves.
3. Boil potatoes for a mash.
4. Finely chop one whole spring onion (equivalent to four regular).
5. Drain the potatoes and let them dry for a couple of minutes.
6. Melt some butter.
7. Add the chopped spring onions and some chopped inner leaves of blanched cabbage to the melted butter.
8. Add heavy cream and mash the ingredients. A chunkier mash is desired.
9. Adjust seasoning with salt and fresh cracked pepper.
10. Add an egg yolk to the mash.
11. Lightly rub the inside of a dish with avocado oil.
12. Start layering the cabbage leaves so they overlap, creating a hole in the middle for the potatoes.
13. Fill the layered cabbage with the potato mash to the top.
14. Fold the bottom cabbage leaves over into a parcel shape.
15. Bake in a 375 degree oven for 40 minutes.
16. Let it sit for 5 minutes before attempting to take it out.
17. Carefully remove the Charlotte de Chou from the dish.
18. Slice the Charlotte de Chou, preferably using a serrated knife, going very slowly and gently.
19. Serve and enjoy.

## Equipment

- serrated knife

## Source

- Original video: https://www.facebook.com/reel/1349481703909535/?fs=e&mibextid=wwXIfr&fs=e
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- Extracted: 2026-05-18

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