Velouté Dartois (White Bean Soup)
Origin: Paris, France
Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907
Ingredients
- 1 litre Velouté ordinaire clair (clear ordinary velouté / light béchamel-based soup)
- 5 décilitres white bean purée
- 2.5 décilitres julienne ordinaire au Consommé blanc (standard julienne in white consommé / thin vegetable strips in white stock)
- liaison (egg yolk and cream liaison)
- butter
- chervil leaves (pluches)
Instructions
- Add the white bean purée to the clear ordinary velouté. Incorporate the standard julienne in white consommé. Heat without boiling.
- Finish the soup at the moment of service with a liaison (egg yolk and cream), mount with butter (monter au beurre), and garnish with chervil leaves.