Sole à l'Amiral (Sole with Crayfish Butter Sauce and Villeroy Garnish)
Origin: Paris, France
Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907
Ingredients
- 1 sole
- butter
- half an onion
- half a décilitre white wine
- half a décilitre mushroom cooking liquor
- half a décilitre fumet de poisson
- a piece of butter the size of a walnut
- sauce Vin blanc
- 150 grammes Beurre d'écrevisse
- 4 crayfish tails
- 2 small mushrooms
- 4 fine slices of truffle
- 4 mussels à la Villeroy
- 4 oysters à la Villeroy
Instructions
- Strew half a sliced onion in a buttered baking tray and lay the sole on it.
- Moisten with half a décilitre of white wine and as much mushroom cooking liquor and fumet de poisson; add a piece of butter the size of a walnut and poach.
- Have ready a sauce Vin blanc finished with 150 grammes of Beurre d'écrevisse, and finally add the reduced poaching liquid to it.
- Dress the sole and surround it with 4 crayfish tails and 2 small mushrooms.
- Sauce the sole and the garnish, and arrange 4 fine slices of truffle on the sauce.
- Place 4 mussels and 4 oysters à la Villeroy at each end.