Velouté Dame Blanche (Chicken Velouté with Almond Milk)

Origin: Paris, France

Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Prepare 1.5 liters of velouté de volaille (chicken mother sauce) in the proportions of 100 grams roux blanc per liter of stock.
  2. Strain through a fine sieve (étamine). Add 2.5 décilitres of almond milk and heat without boiling.
  3. At the moment of service, finish with liaison and butter (monter au beurre).
  4. Garnish with very small dice of chicken breast and small quenelles of chicken mousse forcemeat.

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