Potage à la Mogador (Chicken Velouté Soup with Foie Gras)
Origin: Paris, France
Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907
Ingredients
- 1 litre and a quarter Velouté de volaille (chicken velouté)
- 4 décilitres chicken purée
- 150 grammes foie gras purée
- The ordinary liaison
- 100 grammes butter
- White of chicken
- Well-red tongue
- Truffle
Instructions
- Prepare 1 litre and a quarter of Velouté de volaille.
- Add 4 décilitres of chicken purée; or else cook 450 grammes of chicken flesh in the Velouté and proceed as explained in the Preliminary Theories.
- Pass through the tammy and heat without boiling.
- At the moment of serving, finish with 150 grammes of foie gras purée let down with a few spoonfuls of the Velouté, the ordinary liaison, and 100 grammes of butter.
- Garnish with a fine julienne of white of chicken, well-red tongue, and truffle.