Crème à la Bretonne (Cream of Leek, Onion and Haricot Bean Soup)
Origin: Paris, France
Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1903
Ingredients
- 250 grammes leek whites
- 250 grammes onions
- butter
- 1/2 litre sauce Béchamel
- 1/2 litre white haricot bean cream
- Consommé blanc
- cream
- 2 leek whites
- 2 raw mushrooms
Instructions
- Slice the leek whites and the onions and stew them in butter without colouring.
- Add the sauce Béchamel, finish the cooking and pass through the étamine.
- Complete with the white haricot bean cream and a little Consommé blanc or milk.
- Heat, and finish at the moment of serving with the cream.
- Garnish with 2 leek whites and 2 raw mushrooms, sliced and stewed in butter.