Fillets of Sole Véronique

Origin: Paris, France

Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Lift the fillets from a fine sole; beat them lightly, fold them and season them.
  2. Range them in a buttered special earthenware dish fitted with a lid.
  3. With the bone, the fish trimmings, the usual aromatics, a few drops of lemon juice, white wine and water, prepare half a decilitre of fumet.
  4. As soon as the fumet is ready, strain it over the fillets and poach them gently.
  5. Drain the fillets carefully; reduce the fumet to a syrupy consistency and finish it with 50 grammes of butter.
  6. Put the fillets back in the dish, arranged in a turban, cover them with the buttered fumet and glaze rapidly.
  7. At the moment of serving, set a pyramid of peeled, well-chilled Muscat grapes in the middle of the turban.
  8. Cover the dish with its lid and serve immediately.

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