Salade Bagration
Origin: Paris, France
Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907
Ingredients
- Celery in julienne
- Breast of poultry in julienne
- Artichoke bottoms
- Fine macaroni
- Oil
- Vinegar
- Sauce Mayonnaise
- Truffle
Instructions
- Cut the celery and the breast of poultry into julienne in equal quantity, and slice the artichoke bottoms finely in the same quantity.
- Cook the fine macaroni a little firm and, while it is still lukewarm, cut it into lengths of 5 centimetres, taking double the quantity of one of the other elements.
- Marinate the celery and the artichokes for 20 minutes with oil and vinegar.
- Add the julienne of poultry breast, the macaroni and lightly tomatoed sauce Mayonnaise, and mix.
- Arrange in a salad bowl and smooth into a dome.
- Decorate with a star whose rays are made of truffle, scarlet tongue, white and yolk of hard-boiled egg and chopped parsley.