Crème à la Régence
Origin: Paris, France
Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1903
Ingredients
- 1 3/4 litre crème d'orge
- 100 grammes Beurre d'écrevisse
- 2 1/2 décilitres cream
- poultry forcemeat finished with Beurre d'écrevisse (garnish)
- small cocks' combs
- fine pearl barley (garnish)
- Consommé (for washing the barley)
Instructions
- Prepare 1 litre and three quarters of crème d'orge by the procedure and proportions given under Crème d'Orge.
- Heat without boiling.
- Finish at the moment with 100 grammes of Beurre d'écrevisse and 2 décilitres and a half of cream.
- Garnish with small fluted quenelles of poultry forcemeat finished with Beurre d'écrevisse, small freshly cooked cocks' combs, and fine pearl barley, well cooked and washed in Consommé.