Grilled Sole with Oysters à l'Américaine
Origin: Paris, France
Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907
Ingredients
- sole
- butter
- lemon juice
- 6 oysters
- Worcestershire sauce
- fried breadcrumbs
- a pinch of chopped parsley
Instructions
- Grill the sole, or else poach it almost dry with butter and lemon juice; grilling is the more usual.
- Dish it on a hot dish.
- At the last moment, poach 6 oysters in a little boiling Worcestershire sauce and arrange them around the sole.
- Mix a pinch of chopped parsley into piping-hot fried breadcrumbs at the very last moment and cover the sole with them at once.