Noix de Veau en Surprise à la Pithiviers (Cushion of Veal en Surprise à la Pithiviers)

Origin: Paris, France

Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Prepare the case as indicated for Noix de veau en Surprise.
  2. Without boning them, introduce into each of 15 larks a piece of farce gratin the size of a walnut.
  3. Sauté the larks in butter with 250 grammes of sliced raw mushrooms and 100 grammes of raw truffle slices.
  4. Bind the whole with the necessary quantity of sauce Demi-glace à l'essence de gibier.
  5. Arrange this garnish in the case, put back the lid and seal it with a cord of raw forcemeat.
  6. Put in the oven for 7 to 8 minutes.
  7. On taking the case from the oven, surround it with the removed flesh cut into fine escalopes.

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