Purée de fèves, called à la Pythagore (Broad Bean Purée)
Origin: Paris, France
Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907
Ingredients
- 800 grammes broad beans
- 18 grammes salt
- 1 litre water
- 2 small branches of savory
- 15 grammes arrowroot
- half a litre milk
- butter
Instructions
- Cook 800 grammes of skinned broad beans with 18 grammes of salt, 1 litre of water and 2 small branches of savory.
- Drain the beans, reserving 30 small halves for the garnish.
- Pound the rest and lengthen the purée with the cooking liquor, then pass through a tammy cloth.
- Bring to point with a binding of 15 grammes of arrowroot slaked cold in half a litre of milk.
- Butter at the moment of serving and add the reserved bean halves as garnish.