Consommé à la Jouvencel

Ingredients

• Consommé ordinaire (ordinary clear broth)
• Lettuce leaves
• Farce fine (fine forcemeat)
• Round brioche croutons
• Purée Crécy (carrot purée)
• Cheese
• Butter

Instructions

1. Prepare a light consommé bound with tapioca.
2. Blanche lettuce leaves very lightly. Spread each leaf with a thin layer of fine forcemeat (farce fine), then roll them into small cigar shapes. Poach these rolls in the consommé at the moment of service.
3. Fry round brioche croutons in butter using a round cutter. Heap each crouton with a tight dome of carrot purée (purée Crécy), dust with cheese, and gratiné (brown under heat) at the moment of service.
4. Garnish the consommé with the poached lettuce rolls and arrange the gratinéed brioche croutons on top.