Consommé à la Châtelaine
Origin: Paris, France
Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907
Ingredients
- chicken consommé (consommé de volaille)
- 2 parts Soubise purée (onion purée)
- 1 part artichoke purée finished with velouté (mother sauce)
- chicken forcemeat (farce de volaille)
- chestnut purée with cream (purée de marrons à la crème)
Instructions
- Prepare a chicken consommé lightly bound with tapioca.
- For the garnish (royale): Combine two parts Soubise purée with one part artichoke purée finished with velouté (mother sauce). Cut this mixture into small dice.
- Form very small quenelles from chicken forcemeat using a spoon, and stuff each with a little chestnut purée finished with cream.
- Serve the consommé garnished with the royale cubes and the filled quenelles.