Duchess potatoes

Duchess potatoes, known in French as pommes de terre duchesse, are a puree of mashed potato, egg yolk, and butter that is piped or hand molded into shapes and baked in a high temperature oven until golden. They are typically seasoned like mashed potatoes with salt, pepper, and nutmeg, and are a classic dish of French cuisine found in historic French cookbooks. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/