Noques au Parmesan (Noques with Parmesan)
Origin: Paris, France
Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907
Ingredients
- 250 grammes beurre manié
- salt
- pepper
- nutmeg
- 2 eggs
- 2 egg yolks
- 150 grammes flour
- 1 egg white
- grated cheese
- Beurre noisette
Instructions
- Put the beurre manié into a terrine warmed beforehand and work it with salt, pepper and nutmeg.
- Add little by little the 2 eggs and 2 yolks beaten as for an omelette, then the flour, then the egg white whipped to a very firm snow.
- Divide the composition into hazelnut-sized pieces.
- Drop them into a sautoir of salted boiling water and poach them.
- Drain the noques on a cloth and arrange them in a timbale.
- Sprinkle copiously with grated cheese and sprinkle with Beurre noisette.