Lapwing Eggs in Aspic (Cold)

Origin: Paris, France

Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Line a border mould with jelly.
  2. Decorate it as you please, fixing the details of the decoration with a few drops of jelly.
  3. Cover the decoration with a few spoonfuls of jelly and let it set.
  4. Arrange the hard-boiled, shelled lapwing eggs on this jelly, point downwards, so that they stand upright after unmoulding.
  5. Finish filling the mould with jelly, added in successive layers.
  6. Unmould onto a napkin at the moment of serving.

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