Lapwing Eggs à la Gabrielle (Cold)
Origin: Paris, France
Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907
Ingredients
- lapwing eggs
- jelly
- lobster or spiny-lobster eggs
- tartlet crusts
- purée of sole fillets with cream
Instructions
- Line dariole moulds with jelly and scatter separated lobster or spiny-lobster eggs inside them.
- Place a cold, soft-cooked lapwing egg in each mould, point downwards.
- Finish filling with jelly and let it set.
- Unmould each egg onto a tartlet crust.
- Pipe a ribbon of purée of sole fillets with cream around the base, using a bag fitted with a small fluted nozzle.