Consommé à la Martinière
Origin: Madrid, Spain
Source: Anonymous, 1921
Ingredients
- Clear poultry consommé (caldo de ave)
- Cabbage
- Forcemeat (tarsa de carne)
- Fresh peas
- Bread diablotins (croutons)
Instructions
- Prepare a clear poultry consommé (caldo) as the base.
- For the garnish: Blanch and prepare cabbage leaves.
- Fill each leaf with a seasoned forcemeat (tarsa) mixture of finely minced meat with fine herbs, well seasoned and shaped like a small sausage (morcilla form).
- Braise the stuffed cabbage rolls, then slice them into thin rounds.
- Separately, prepare fresh, small shelled peas.
- Cut bread into small square croutons (diablotins).
- To serve: Pour the hot consommé into bowls or a tureen and arrange the braised cabbage slices, fresh peas, and bread croutons as garnish.