Signora Adele's Mold
Origin: Florence, Italy
Source: Pellegrino Artusi, 1891
Ingredients
- 100 g butter
- 80 g flour
- 70 g Gruyere
- 1/2 litre milk
- 4 eggs
- salt
- breadcrumbs
- chicken giblet and sweetbread stew
Instructions
- Make a balsamella (bechamel) with the flour, milk and butter; before removing from the heat, stir in the Gruyere and salt.
- Off the boil, add the egg yolks one at a time, then fold in the whipped whites.
- Pour into a buttered, breadcrumb-dusted ring mold and cook in the Dutch oven.
- Serve filled with a stew of chicken giblets and sweetbreads. Serves six.