Velouté Rossini (Chicken Velouté with Foie Gras Butter)
Origin: Paris, France
Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907
Ingredients
- 1 3/4 litres Velouté de volaille
- ordinary liaison
- 100 grammes truffled Parfait de foie gras
- 100 grammes extra-fine butter
- small quenelles of chicken forcemeat
- raw foie gras purée
- well-black truffle
Instructions
- Prepare 1 3/4 litres of Velouté de volaille as above.
- Pound 100 grammes of truffled Parfait de foie gras with 100 grammes of extra-fine butter to obtain 200 grammes of Beurre de foie gras.
- Finish the Velouté with the ordinary liaison and this Beurre de foie gras.
- Pass through the fine sieve or the étamine.
- Garnish with small quenelles of chicken forcemeat mixed with one third of raw foie gras purée, and with allegorical details cut in well-black truffle.