Medallions of Trout à la Moderne
Origin: Paris, France
Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907
Ingredients
- trout
- white wine
- lemon juice
- butter
- cold crayfish Mousse
- Beurre de Montpellier
- coral
- truffle
- hard-boiled egg white
Instructions
- Lift the fillets of trout, skin them, cut them into escalopes, flatten them lightly and trim them into ovals.
- Poach them with white wine, lemon juice and butter.
- Let them cool under a light press.
- Mask the surface with cold crayfish Mousse.
- Edge each medallion with dots of Beurre de Montpellier piped from a bag fitted with a small fluted tube.
- Scatter a pinch of coral, truffle and chopped hard-boiled egg white in the centre.
- Dress them as for the cold Médaillons and Côtelettes de Saumon.