Consommé à la Macdonald (Strong Beef Consommé with Brain Royale, Cucumber and Ravioli)
Origin: Paris, France
Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907
Ingredients
- Very strong beef Consommé
- Brain purée
- Béchamel
- Cucumbers
- Ravioli
- Chicken forcemeat
- Spinach purée — one third of the forcemeat
Instructions
- Make a royale of brain purée with Béchamel, poach it in dariole moulds and cut it into large rounds.
- Cut the cucumbers into dice, cook them in the Consommé and glaze them well.
- Add a third of spinach purée to the chicken forcemeat, fill the small ravioli with it and poach them at the moment of serving.
- Garnish the very strong beef Consommé with the rounds of royale, the cucumber dice and the ravioli.