Eggs Colinette (Cold)
Origin: Paris, France
Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907
Ingredients
- white aspic (gelée blanche)
- truffle
- egg white
- poached egg (œuf poché)
- Rachel salad (salade Rachel)
- potatoes
- truffle
- scalloped croissants (croissants dentelés)
Instructions
- Line oval molds with white aspic (gelée blanche).
- Decorate the inside of each mold in a checkerboard pattern using truffle and poached egg white.
- Place a small poached egg in the center of each mold.
- Fill each mold to the top with aspic.
- Unmold at service.
- Arrange the unmolded eggs in a crown on a bed of Rachel salad (salade Rachel).
- Surround with a turban of water-boiled potato rounds alternating with truffle blades trimmed with a round cutter.
- Border the platter with scalloped croissants set in clear, limpid white aspic.