Soupe à la Nevers (Brussels Sprout and Carrot Soup with Vermicelli)
Origin: Paris, France
Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907
Ingredients
- 300 grammes Brussels sprouts
- 250 grammes red of carrots
- butter
- 1 1/2 litres boiling Consommé
- 40 grammes vermicelli
- chervil pluches
Instructions
- Blanch the Brussels sprouts and stew them in butter almost until completely cooked.
- Separately, shred the red of the carrots, stew them in butter and finish cooking them in Consommé.
- About 20 minutes before serving, bring the sprouts and the carrots together.
- Moisten with the boiling Consommé, add the vermicelli, and finish the cooking by poaching it.
- Complete with chervil pluches when serving.