Cocotte Potatoes

Contrary to what you will find posted on other websites, Cocotte Potatoes are definitely NOT mashed or puréed like Croquette Potatoes and they are not necessesarily Au Gratin or Scalloped

Meanings of French word co·cotte  (kô-kôt)-as usual, there is a problem with United States of the Americas translations

In cookery:

1.       A smaller size of the classic, barrel shaped,  hand turned, potato (see Classic Potato Shapes).

2.       A small covered fireproof dish) in which individual portions of food are cooked and served; the larger size of which is usually called a casserole.[Cooking En- Casserole}

3.       Outside of cookery, the term is also used to describe a woman prostitute[From French nursery word for hen, feminine of coq cock chicken

COCOTTE POTATO RECIPE
·        Peel, then block and turn potatoes into a barrel shape 1 ¼ inches by ¾ inches

·         Treat as for château potatoes reducing the time as they are a smaller size.