Écrevisses à la Marinière (Crayfish in White Wine with Velouté and Butter)
Origin: Paris, France
Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907
Ingredients
- crayfish
- 60 grammes butter
- a suspicion of powdered thyme and bay
- 6 décilitres white wine
- 2 décilitres fish Velouté
- 80 grammes butter
- chopped parsley
Instructions
- Sauté the crayfish over full heat with 60 grammes of butter until the shells are completely coloured.
- Season and add a suspicion of powdered thyme and bay.
- Moisten with 6 décilitres of white wine and cook covered for 12 minutes.
- Arrange the crayfish in a timbale.
- Reduce the cooking liquor by half and bind it with 2 décilitres of fish Velouté.
- Off the fire, finish it with 80 grammes of butter.
- Pour over the crayfish and sprinkle lightly with chopped parsley.