Pommes Anna Is a Spectacular Way to Serve Potatoes

Follow the French to transform three basic ingredients into a show-stopping side

Pommes Anna layers humble potatoes and plenty of butter into a cake with crisp, golden edges and a buttery, melt-in-your-mouth center. Audrey Le Goff

A classic from the French repertoire, pommes Anna features thinly sliced potatoes that are layered in an eye-catching circular pattern and baked in a generous amount of butter. The result is a melt-in-your-month “potato cake” with crisp golden edges that is then flipped upside down onto a serving plate.

It’s an easy, yet show-stopping side dish for every holiday season.

Origins of the Dish

Pommes Anna is said to have been created by Adolphe Dugléré (1805–1884), a chef trained by the highly recognized Marie-Antoine Carême, the founder of French “haute cuisine.”