Consommé of the Viveurs

Name: Consommé of the Viveurs
Cuisine: France
Ingredients: 1 litre chicken consommé (consommé de volaille); 0.5 décilitre beer, reduced; beet essence (essence de betterave); braised celery, finely sliced (Céleri braisé finement émincé); diablotins with paprika (diablotins au Paprika)

Origin: Paris, France

Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907

Ingredients

1 litre chicken consommé (consommé de volaille)
0.5 décilitre beer, reduced
beet essence (essence de betterave)
braised celery, finely sliced (Céleri braisé finement émincé)
diablotins with paprika (diablotins au Paprika)

Instructions

Prepare a chicken consommé as base. Reduce the beer by half or to the desired intensity. Add the beet essence to the consommé to impart colour and flavour. Heat gently without boiling.
To serve: ladle the consommé into bowls. Garnish with finely sliced braised celery and diablotins au Paprika (small paprika-seasoned croûtons or similar garnish elements).