Garniture à la Tsarine (Cucumber and Mushroom Garnish for Fish)

Origin: Paris, France

Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Turn 400 grammes of cucumbers (agoursis) to the shape of a clove of garlic and stew them in butter.
  2. Flute 200 grammes of mushroom caps and cook them.
  3. Arrange the cucumbers and mushrooms around the fish, coat with Sauce Mornay and glaze.
  4. For the Garniture au Vert-pré, for grills: dress bouquets of ordinary watercress or of garden cress with bouquets of pommes pailles.
  5. Serve the Vert-pré garnish with Beurre à la maître-d'hôtel.

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