Filet de Veau Orloff (Braised Fillet of Veal with Purée Soubise and Sauce Mornay)
Origin: Paris, France
Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907
Ingredients
- Fillet of veal
- Thin bards of bacon
- Purée Soubise
- Truffle
- Sauce Mornay
Instructions
- Trim the fillet and remove its sinews.
- Wrap it in thin bards of bacon and braise it.
- In good time before serving, detach the underside as a base, or thin slice.
- Cut the fillet into regular escalopes.
- Reform the fillet on the detached base, masking each escalope with purée Soubise and setting a fine slice of truffle between each.
- Coat the reformed fillet entirely with a thin layer of purée Soubise.
- Cover it with sauce Mornay and glaze briskly.