Consommé à la Bourdaloue
Origin: Paris, France
Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907
Ingredients
- Clear Consommé de volaille
- White haricot bean purée
- Tomato
- Chicken purée
- Velouté
- Asparagus tip purée
- A few spinach leaves
- Purée Crécy
- A few drops of carmine
Instructions
- Have a clear Consommé de volaille ready.
- Make a first royale of white haricot bean purée with tomato, of a pale pink tint.
- Make a second royale of chicken purée with Velouté.
- Make a third royale of asparagus tip purée, enlivening its tint with a few spinach leaves blanched at the same time as the tips.
- Make a fourth royale of purée Crécy, kept a rather bright red with a few drops of carmine.
- Cut up the four royales according to taste, each in a different shape, and garnish the consommé with them.