Velouté Dame Blanche (Chicken Velouté with Almond Milk)
Origin: Paris, France
Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907
Ingredients
- 1.5 liters Velouté de volaille (chicken velouté / mother sauce)
- 2.5 décilitres almond milk
- liaison (egg yolk and cream thickening agent)
- butter
- chicken breast
- small quenelles
Instructions
- Prepare 1.5 liters of velouté de volaille (chicken mother sauce) in the proportions of 100 grams roux blanc per liter of stock.
- Strain through a fine sieve (étamine). Add 2.5 décilitres of almond milk and heat without boiling.
- At the moment of service, finish with liaison and butter (monter au beurre).
- Garnish with very small dice of chicken breast and small quenelles of chicken mousse forcemeat.