Condés au fromage (Cheese Condés of Puff Pastry)

Name: Condés au fromage (Cheese Condés of Puff Pastry)
Cuisine: France
Ingredients: Puff-pastry trimmings; Sauce Béchamel; Cayenne; Gruyère; Parmesan

Origin: Paris, France

Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907

Ingredients

Puff-pastry trimmings
Sauce Béchamel
Cayenne
Gruyère
Parmesan

Instructions

Roll a sheet of puff-pastry trimmings as for the Allumettes.
Thicken the sauce Béchamel with egg yolks, reduce it very much and sharpen it with cayenne.
When it is cold, mix in Gruyère and Parmesan cut into very small dice.
Spread a thick layer of this over the pastry.
Cut and bake as for the Allumettes.