Turbotin Soufflé à la Reynière (Small Turbot Stuffed with Whiting Mousseline)
Origin: Paris, France
Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907
Ingredients
- turbotin (small turbot)
- very light whiting mousseline forcemeat
- fluted mushroom caps
- soft roes
- whole anchovy fillets
- sauce Vin blanc (two-thirds)
- coulis à la Soubise (one-third)
- reduced cooking liquor of the fish
Instructions
- Prepare and stuff the turbotin as for Turbotin à la Feuillantine, using a very light whiting mousseline forcemeat in place of the lobster mousseline forcemeat.
- Poach it in the same way and set it carefully on the serving dish.
- Lay a row of cooked, very white fluted mushroom caps down the middle of the fish, lengthwise.
- Range poached, very white soft roes on either side, alternating with whole anchovy fillets, forming an oval that frames the line of mushrooms.
- Serve separately a sauce of two-thirds sauce Vin blanc and one-third coulis à la Soubise, with the reduced cooking liquor of the fish added.