Consommé with Diablotins

Origin: Paris, France

Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Prepare a light chicken consommé bound with tapioca.
  2. Slice a thin baguette (flûte) into rounds 6 millimetres thick. Mask each round with a small dome-shaped mound of béchamel sauce (reduced) mixed with grated cheese and seasoned with Cayenne.
  3. Gratín these diablotins for a few moments just before serving. Ladle the hot consommé into bowls and place the gratinéed bread rounds on top.

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