Eggs Maupassant (Cold)
Origin: Paris, France
Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907
Ingredients
- poached eggs
- Matelote red sauce (sauce Matelote rouge)
- fish aspic (gelée de poisson)
- croûtons
Instructions
- Take well-drained and trimmed poached eggs. Coat them with Matelote red sauce (a classic French wine-based reduction) combined with fish aspic (gelée de poisson). Glaze the eggs with the fish aspic.
- Arrange the eggs in a crown on the serving dish with chopped fish aspic piled in the center.
- Border the plate with fine croûtons set in rosé-tinted fish aspic.