Œufs à la Clamart (Eggs with Green Peas)
Origin: Paris, France
Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907
Ingredients
- eggs
- 1 spoonful petits pois à la française
- finely shredded lettuce
- a little of the cooking liquor of the peas
- tartlet crusts
- very fine peas
- sauce Crème
- Beurre de pois frais
Instructions
- 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.
- Break the eggs on top and cook them as usual.
- Poached or Mollets: fill tartlet crusts with very fine peas cooked à la française with shredded lettuce added.
- Set the eggs on top and coat them with sauce Crème finished with Beurre de pois frais.