Sole à la Marguery
Origin: Madrid, Spain
Source: Anonymous, 1921
Ingredients
- 2 oz good butter
- 1 teaspoon rice flour
- 1 cup milk, uncooked
- 1 dozen oysters
- 1 dozen clams
- 1 dozen langostinos (Norwegian lobsters or large shrimp)
- sole fillets, cooked
- water from langostino heads and tails and oyster/clam liquor
Instructions
- Melt the butter gently. Add the rice flour and stir until combined.
- Pour in the milk gradually, stirring constantly until a cream forms.
- Meanwhile, clean the langostinos (Norwegian lobsters) thoroughly.
- Simmer their heads and tails to make a stock.
- Strain this stock and reserve.
- Add the oysters, clams, and langostinos to the cream sauce.
- Mix in some of the langostino cooking liquid along with the liquor from the oysters and clams, adjusting to achieve the desired consistency and flavor.
- Arrange the cooked sole fillets on a serving platter and pour the sauce over them, distributing it evenly.