Crème de Laitances (Soft Roe Creams)

Origin: Paris, France

Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Cook the soft roes in butter and pass them through a fine sieve.
  2. Mix the purée with an equal quantity of Composition de Royale ordinaire à la crème.
  3. Poach the composition in small porcelain or silver cassolettes.
  4. Alternatively, add a few extra egg yolks to the Royale composition and poach the cream as timbales in dariole moulds.
  5. Turn the timbales out and coat them with a fine, light sauce Béchamel finished with Beurre d'écrevisse.

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