Consommé à la Célestine (Chicken Consommé with Truffled Pancake Rounds)

Origin: Paris, France

Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Thicken the Consommé de volaille lightly with tapioca.
  2. Prepare 3 small pancakes without sugar.
  3. Mask each on one side with a light layer of chicken forcemeat with cream.
  4. Lay the 3 stuffed pancakes one upon the other and scatter finely chopped very black truffle over the forcemeat of the top one.
  5. Press the truffle lightly with the blade of a knife to incorporate it into the forcemeat.
  6. Put at the mouth of the oven for a few moments to poach.
  7. Cut out with a plain round cutter, of the diameter of a 5-franc piece, and add to the consommé.

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