Foie Gras du Gastronome

Origin: Paris, France

Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Cut a Parfait de foie gras into small rectangles.
  2. Coat half of them with sauce Chaud-froid à la crème.
  3. Decorate the others with details of truffle, fixed with a few drops of melted jelly.
  4. Line an egg-shaped mould with jelly and line it with the rectangles of parfait, alternating the two kinds.
  5. Finish filling the mould with a Mousse de foie gras.
  6. Turn out onto a slightly hollowed base shaped into a nest with softened butter piped through a cornet.
  7. Surround with fine croûtons of jelly.

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