Consommé à la Tosca
Origin: Paris, France
Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907
Ingredients
- chicken consommé (consommé de volaille)
- chicken forcemeat quenelles (petites quenelles en farce de volaille)
- foie gras purée
- truffle
- carrot, red part only
- small profiteroles (petites profiteroles)
- chicken purée
Instructions
- Prepare a light chicken consommé lightly bound with tapioca as the base.
- Form small quenelles from chicken forcemeat enriched with one-third foie gras purée. Add truffle to the mixture.
- Cut the red part of carrot into fine julienne and incorporate into the consommé.
- Arrange the truffle-studded quenelles in the soup bowls.
- Serve the chicken consommé with the garnish. Accompany separately with small profiteroles filled with chicken purée.