Garniture Tortue (Turtle Garnish, Special to Calf's Head)

Ingredients

• 20 small quenelles of veal forcemeat with butter
• 10 small mushrooms
• 24 olives
• 10 gherkins
• 5 small crayfish
• 5 escalopes of calf's tongue
• 5 escalopes of brain
• 5 small eggs
• 10 slices of truffle
• 10 small croûtons
• Butter
• Sauce Tortue

Instructions

1. Make 20 small quenelles of veal forcemeat with butter.
2. Prepare 10 small mushrooms.
3. Turn 24 olives, stuff them and poach them.
4. Turn 10 gherkins to the shape of small cloves of garlic.
5. Truss 5 small crayfish.
6. Prepare 5 escalopes of calf's tongue and 5 escalopes of brain.
7. Fry 5 small eggs and remove half of the white from each.
8. Cut 10 slices of truffle.
9. At the moment of serving, fry 10 small heart-shaped croûtons in butter.
10. Arrange all the elements around the calf's head and serve Sauce Tortue with it.