Sole à la Rouennaise
Origin: Paris, France
Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907
Ingredients
- sole
- 1 décilitre red wine
- 2 small shallots
- 20 grammes butter
- mussels
- oysters
- shrimp tails
- small cooked mushrooms
- Sauce Demi-glace
- butter
- 4 small smelts
Instructions
- Poach the sole with 1 décilitre of red wine, 2 small chopped shallots and 20 grammes of butter.
- Drain the sole and arrange it on the serving dish.
- Surround it with mussels and oysters, poached and bearded, shrimp tails and small cooked mushrooms.
- Strain the cooking liquor and reduce it.
- Bind it with a few spoonfuls of Sauce Demi-glace and finish it with butter.
- Coat sole and garnish with this sauce.
- Remove the heads from 4 small smelts, sauté them à la Meunière and arrange them around the sole.