Poularde à la Maintenon
Origin: Paris, France
Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907
Ingredients
- 1 poularde
- truffles
- scarlet tongue
- sauce Suprême
- quenelles
- mushroom caps
- small artichoke bottoms
- sauce Mornay
Instructions
- Lard the poularde with truffle and scarlet tongue and braise it à blanc.
- Dress it and coat it with sauce Suprême.
- Decorate the breast with a crown of alternating rounds of truffle and scarlet tongue, cut to the same size.
- Garnish each small artichoke bottom with a fine slice of truffle, coat with sauce Mornay and glaze.
- Surround the bird with quenelles, fluted mushroom caps and the artichoke bottoms.