Noix de Veau en Surprise à la Pithiviers (Cushion of Veal en Surprise à la Pithiviers)
Origin: Paris, France
Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907
Ingredients
- noix de veau
- 15 larks
- farce gratin
- butter
- 250 grammes raw mushrooms
- 100 grammes raw truffle
- sauce Demi-glace à l'essence de gibier
- raw forcemeat
Instructions
- Prepare the case as indicated for Noix de veau en Surprise.
- Without boning them, introduce into each of 15 larks a piece of farce gratin the size of a walnut.
- Sauté the larks in butter with 250 grammes of sliced raw mushrooms and 100 grammes of raw truffle slices.
- Bind the whole with the necessary quantity of sauce Demi-glace à l'essence de gibier.
- Arrange this garnish in the case, put back the lid and seal it with a cord of raw forcemeat.
- Put in the oven for 7 to 8 minutes.
- On taking the case from the oven, surround it with the removed flesh cut into fine escalopes.