Godiveau à la Crème
Origin: Paris, France
Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1903
Ingredients
- 1 kilo veal
- 1 kilo beef kidney suet
- 4 eggs
- 3 egg yolks
- 7 décilitres cream
- 25 grammes salt
- 5 grammes pepper
- 1 gramme nutmeg
Instructions
- Chop the veal and the suet separately.
- Bring them together in the mortar and pound until completely one, adding the seasoning and the eggs and yolks one by one, working the mass vigorously.
- Pass through the sieve, spread on a tray, and let it rest on ice until the next day.
- The next day chill the mortar by passing ice through it, pound the godiveau again, and work in the cream in small parts.
- Make a trial before piping the quenelles, and correct if need be.