Hachis en Bordure au Gratin (Meat Hash in a Duchesse Potato Border, Gratinated)

Origin: Paris, France

Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Prepare the hachis with a leftover roasted or braised meat and bind it with sauce Demi-glace as described above.
  2. Mould a border of appareil à pomme duchesse on the serving dish and egg-wash it.
  3. Dress the hachis inside the border.
  4. Sprinkle with chapelure and moisten with melted butter.
  5. Put into an oven hot enough for the surface to gratinate and the border to colour at the same time.

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