Cassolettes Alice (Chicken Cassolettes Lined with Pommes Duchesse)
Origin: Paris, France
Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907
Ingredients
- small cassolettes
- butter
- pommes Duchesse mixture
- breast of chicken
- Velouté
Instructions
- Butter small cassolettes, wider than they are tall, and line them with a thin layer of pommes Duchesse mixture.
- Cut small escalopes of breast of chicken and bind them with reduced Velouté.
- Garnish the inside of the cassolettes with them.
- Cover with a small round of the same pommes Duchesse mixture, cut out with a fluted cutter.
- Gild the tops and colour in the oven for 12 to 14 minutes.