Eel au Vert à la Flamande (Formula B)
Origin: Paris, France
Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907
Ingredients
- small eels
- 50 grammes butter
- half a litre beer
- salt
- pepper
- the herbs of Anguilles au Vert
- starch (if needed)
Instructions
- Cut the eels into sections as in formula A and stiffen them with 50 grammes of butter.
- Moisten with half a litre of beer and season with salt and pepper.
- Cook for 10 minutes.
- At the last moment add the herbs of formula A, coarsely chopped.
- Let boil for a few moments.
- If the sauce seems too thin, thicken it with starch.
- Turn out into a terrine.