Meat and Potato Napoleon Recipe

Here's a new take on a meat and potato dish. I pan-fried patties and potato slices, then stacked them into a charming presentation to create a napoléon. I flavored the savory napoléons with goat cheese pesto and placed them on a bed of garlic and basil tomato sauce. I think the tomato sauce helps cut the heaviness of the dish. 

I've started receiving photos and messages from those of you who pre-ordered my book "Haute Potato" and I'm so happy with the amazing responses I've received so far! If you're planning on cooking potato dishes for the holidays, here are some recipes from my new cookbook to consider: Cream of Rosemary Roasted Beet and Potato Soup; Pommes Château with Fried Calamari, Basil, and Tomato Cherry Relish; Timbale with Roquefort; Veal Hachis Parmentier; Pommes de Terre Rôties au Four and maybe try my family's favorite potato dessert: Lavender Peruvian Purple Potato White Chocolate Torte.

Mushroom Polenta: Savory Napoleon Recipe

Napoléons are usually pastries made of three layers of puff pastry and two crème pâtissière layers with a fondant topping. I made a savory equivalent using layers of grilled polenta slices, portobello mushrooms, cheddar cheese, grilled asparagus and tomatoes from our garden. 

It's finally tomato season! My husband planted 19 different plants of various tomatoes, which means I'm going to be cooking a lot of tomatoes until the fall. Lulu gathered a large basket of cherry tomatoes that I roasted in fresh thyme and served as garnish. We also happened to find some asparagus Lulu planted several years ago that we were never really able to harvest. It was a nice surprise, so I grilled them too, and added them to the Napoléon layers. I was very proud of how the dish ended up looking: colorful and pretty.

In my opinion, Napoléons have to look gorgeous before being eaten. We eat with our eyes first and I'm confident these savory Napoléons will satisfy the pickiest eater.