Velouté à la Chanoinesse
Origin: Paris, France
Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907
Ingredients
- Velouté base
- 150 grams Beurre d'écrevisse (crayfish butter)
- Very small soft roe escalopes (laitances)
Instructions
- Prepare the velouté (silky-smooth sauce) according to the method and proportions of Velouté à la Cardinal.
- Heat the velouté, then bind it (liaise it). Finish at the last moment with 150 grams of beurre d'écrevisse (crayfish butter).
- Garnish with very small escalopes of laitances (soft roe) that have been poached gently in butter.
- This recipe may also be made with cream instead of the cardinal-base velouté.