Salade Noémi (Warm Poussin and Crayfish Salad)
Origin: Paris, France
Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907
Ingredients
- 1 roast poussin
- 12 crayfish tails
- 2 lettuce hearts
- 1 decilitre cream
- juice of 1 lemon
- salt
- pepper from the mill
- chervil pluches
Instructions
- Carve the roast poussin, skin and bone included, while it is still warm.
- Cook the crayfish in court-bouillon and use the tails still warm; combine with the poussin and the 2 lettuce hearts.
- Pound the crayfish shells with a decilitre of cream and the juice of a lemon.
- Pass through muslin, pressing well.
- Salt it and season with pepper from the mill.
- Pour over the salad at the last moment.
- Finish with a pinch of chervil pluches.