Purée Cormeilles (Green Bean and Potato Purée)

Origin: Paris, France

Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Blanch the green beans, keeping them a little firm.
  2. Stew them in butter with the sliced potatoes.
  3. Moisten with three quarters of a litre of white Consommé and finish the cooking.
  4. Pass through the tammy.
  5. Bring to the point of consistency with 3 to 4 decilitres of boiling milk.
  6. Butter at the moment.
  7. Garnish with 60 grammes of small green beans, freshly cooked and cut in lozenges.

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