Crème de Laitances (Soft Roe Creams)
Origin: Paris, France
Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907
Ingredients
- Soft roes (laitances)
- Butter
- Composition de Royale ordinaire à la crème
- Egg yolks
- Sauce Béchamel
- Beurre d'écrevisse
Instructions
- Cook the soft roes in butter and pass them through a fine sieve.
- Mix the purée with an equal quantity of Composition de Royale ordinaire à la crème.
- Poach the composition in small porcelain or silver cassolettes.
- Alternatively, add a few extra egg yolks to the Royale composition and poach the cream as timbales in dariole moulds.
- Turn the timbales out and coat them with a fine, light sauce Béchamel finished with Beurre d'écrevisse.