Garniture à la Tsarine (Cucumber and Mushroom Garnish for Fish)
Origin: Paris, France
Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907
Ingredients
- 400 grammes cucumbers (agoursis)
- Butter
- 200 grammes mushroom caps
- Sauce Mornay
- For the Garniture au Vert-pré: ordinary watercress or garden cress
- For the Garniture au Vert-pré: pommes pailles
- For the Garniture au Vert-pré: Beurre à la maître-d'hôtel
Instructions
- Turn 400 grammes of cucumbers (agoursis) to the shape of a clove of garlic and stew them in butter.
- Flute 200 grammes of mushroom caps and cook them.
- Arrange the cucumbers and mushrooms around the fish, coat with Sauce Mornay and glaze.
- For the Garniture au Vert-pré, for grills: dress bouquets of ordinary watercress or of garden cress with bouquets of pommes pailles.
- Serve the Vert-pré garnish with Beurre à la maître-d'hôtel.