Poached or Soft-Boiled Eggs Floreal
Origin: Paris, France
Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907
Ingredients
- eggs
- velouté (cream sauce)
- chervil
- puff pastry feuilletés
- pea purée
Instructions
- Poach or soft-boil the eggs. Coat them with a velouté (cream sauce) enriched with chopped chervil. Crown each egg with a single beautiful chervil leaf.
- Arrange the eggs on puff pastry feuilletés cut to a size slightly larger than the eggs themselves. Pipe a decorative trembling border (cordon tremblé) of bright green pea purée around the eggs using a piping bag fitted with a small fluted tip (douille cannelée).