Œufs Lili (Moulded Scrambled Eggs with Shrimp, Truffle and Lobster Coral)
Origin: Paris, France
Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907
Ingredients
- Butter
- Chopped coral
- 8 eggs
- 1 spoonful cream
- 2 spoonfuls very fine salpicon of shrimp tails and truffles
- 25 grammes butter
- 4 eggs
- Light sauce aux Crevettes
Instructions
- Butter oval moulds and scatter chopped coral or shelled lobster eggs inside them.
- Prepare a scrambled-egg mixture with 8 eggs, 1 spoonful of cream, 2 spoonfuls of a very fine salpicon of shrimp tails and truffles, and 25 grammes of butter.
- Finish the mixture by adding 4 eggs beaten as for an omelette and seasoned.
- Fill the moulds with this mixture and poach.
- Turn out and arrange in a crown on a dish.
- Pour a light sauce aux Crevettes into the middle.