Consommé à la Boïeldieu
Origin: Paris, France
Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907
Ingredients
- light chicken consommé (consommé de volaille)
- 3 types quenelles (poached dumplings), molded with small spoon and filled
- chicken breast (blanc de volaille)
Instructions
- Prepare a light chicken consommé and thicken it lightly with tapioca.
- Form three distinct types of quenelles (poached dumplings) using a small spoon. Fill the first batch with a purée of foie gras (fat goose liver) bound with velouté (a silky blond sauce). Fill the second batch with poultry purée. Fill the third batch with truffle purée.
- Cut chicken breast into small dice.
- Garnish the consommé with all three types of quenelles and the chicken breast dice.