Œufs Bonvalet (Eggs Bonvalet)
Origin: Paris, France
Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907
Ingredients
- eggs
- round or oval croûtons
- butter for frying the croûtons
- chicken Velouté
- stiff tomatoed sauce Béarnaise
- truffle
Instructions
- Hollow round or oval croûtons slightly, cut a small groove around them and fry them in butter.
- Coat the eggs with chicken Velouté and set one on each croûton.
- Using a paper cornet, pipe a ribbon of stiff tomatoed sauce Béarnaise into the groove around each egg.
- Decorate each egg with a fine fluted, glazed slice of truffle.