Homard à la Tourville (Risotto of Lobster with Mussels and Oysters)
Origin: Paris, France
Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907
Ingredients
- 1 lobster
- Court-bouillon with white wine
- 125 grammes mushrooms
- Butter
- 20 mussels
- 20 oysters
- 60 grammes truffle
- 1 and a half décilitres Velouté de poisson
- The liquor of the oysters
- A little reduced mussel cooking liquor
- Risotto
- Sauce Mornay
Instructions
- Cook the lobster in a court-bouillon with white wine.
- Take the flesh from the tail and cut it into escalopes; put them into a sautoir.
- Slice the mushrooms raw and toss them in butter without letting them colour; add them to the escalopes.
- Add the poached mussels, the poached and bearded oysters and the slices of truffle.
- Add the oyster liquor and a little reduced mussel cooking liquor to the Velouté de poisson and bind the whole with it.
- Arrange a border of Risotto on the dish and pour the garnish into the middle.
- Coat garnish and border with sauce Mornay and glaze briskly.