Cream Pompadour (Crème Pompadour)
Origin: Paris, France
Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907
Ingredients
- 3/4 litre béchamel sauce (white mother sauce)
- 5 décilitres lentil purée
- 5 décilitres pearl tapioca in white consommé
- 1 cuillerée truffle essence
- 2 cuillerées black truffle pearls
- cream
Instructions
- Add five decilitres of lentil purée to three-quarters of a litre of béchamel sauce.
- Add five decilitres of pearl tapioca (perles du Japon) in white consommé.
- Add one spoonful of truffle essence.
- Finish at the last moment with cream.
- Garnish with two spoonfuls of black truffle pearls, scooped with a spoon to about the size of a pea.