Anguille des Gourmets (Eel with Crayfish Tails in Bechamel)
Origin: Paris, France
Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907
Ingredients
- eel
- court-bouillon with Chablis
- 20 fine crayfish
- half a litre Sauce Bechamel
- 50 grammes butter
Instructions
- Divide the eel into sections of 8 centimetres.
- Poach them in a court-bouillon with Chablis, then bone them after cooking.
- Add the tails of 20 fine crayfish, cooked as for bisque, to the fillets.
- Sauce them with half a litre of Sauce Bechamel.
- Finish with a Beurre d'ecrevisse drawn from the pounded crayfish shells and 50 grammes of butter.