Consommé aux Quenelles à la Viennoise (Consommé with Calf's Liver Quenelles)
Origin: Paris, France
Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907
Ingredients
- Ordinary Consommé
- Tapioca
- 50 grammes pale calf's liver
- 25 grammes breadcrumb
- 1 small teaspoonful flour
- Half a beaten egg
- 2 egg yolks
- A small pinch of fine salt
- A pinch of pepper
Instructions
- Thicken the ordinary Consommé lightly with tapioca.
- Pass 50 grammes of raw pale calf's liver through a brass sieve.
- Add to it 25 grammes of breadcrumb soaked and pressed, 1 small teaspoonful of flour, half a beaten egg and 2 yolks, a small pinch of fine salt and a pinch of pepper.
- Mould the mixture into quenelles with a teaspoon.
- Poach the quenelles in the Consommé and serve them in it.