Cervelle à la Montrouge (Calf's Brains with Mushroom Purée in a Flan Crust)
Origin: Paris, France
Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907
Ingredients
- brain
- mushroom purée
- an oval flan crust of proportionate size
- mushrooms
- sauce Béchamel
- sauce Mornay
Instructions
- Cut the poached brain into escalopes and reform it, masking the escalopes with mushroom purée.
- Garnish the bottom of an oval flan crust of proportionate size with an émincé of mushrooms bound with sauce Béchamel.
- Dress the brain in the crust.
- Nappe it with sauce Mornay and glaze briskly.
- Dress on a napkin.