Fillet of Beef à la Godard
Origin: Paris, France
Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907
Ingredients
- beef fillet
- larding bacon
- tongue
- garniture à la Godard
- decorated quenelles
- sauce Godard
- pot-roasting juices
Instructions
- Lard the beef fillet with strips of bacon and tongue, alternating them.
- Pot-roast it.
- Set it on the serving dish and surround it with the elements of the garniture à la Godard, arranged in bunches and lightly sauced.
- Set the decorated quenelles conspicuously in the middle and at the ends of the dish.
- Serve separately a sauce Godard with the pot-roasting juices added, skimmed of fat, strained and reduced.