Herb Purée
Origin: Paris, France
Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907
Ingredients
- 150 g sorrel leaves
- 75 g watercress leaves
- 15 g fresh chervil and salad burnet leaves
- 1 liter water
- 12 g salt
- 700 g potatoes
- 200 g spring herb butter
- fresh basil leaves
- chervil leaves
Instructions
- Chiffonade (finely slice) the sorrel leaves and sweat them gently in butter along with the watercress leaves and the fresh chervil and salad burnet leaves.
- Add 1 liter of water, season with salt, add the potatoes, and cook gently until the vegetables are tender.
- Pass the mixture through a fine strainer (étamine). At the moment of service, finish the purée with the spring herb butter (beurre printanier aux herbes), then garnish with a few fresh basil leaves and chervil leaves.