Œufs à la Clamart (Eggs with Green Peas)

Origin: Paris, France

Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Sur le plat: mix a spoonful of petits pois à la française with finely shredded lettuce and a little of the cooking liquor of the peas, and spread it over the bottom of the dish.
  2. Break the eggs on top and cook them as usual.
  3. Poached or Mollets: fill tartlet crusts with very fine peas cooked à la française with shredded lettuce added.
  4. Set the eggs on top and coat them with sauce Crème finished with Beurre de pois frais.

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