Chartreuse de Morue (Moulded Salt Cod and Duchesse Potato)
Origin: Paris, France
Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907
Ingredients
- poached salt cod
- pomme duchesse mixture
- egg yolks
- macédoine of vegetables
- reduced sauce Béchamel
- cooked mushrooms
- butter
Instructions
- Bind the pomme duchesse mixture strongly with egg yolks and add to it a macédoine of vegetables, well drained and dried.
- Line a generously buttered charlotte mould with a fairly thick layer of this mixture.
- Bind the poached, flaked cod with reduced sauce Béchamel and add cooked sliced mushrooms.
- Fill the lined mould with this garnish.
- Cover with a layer of pomme duchesse mixture.
- Poach in a bain-marie, or cook at the mouth of the oven for about 45 minutes.
- Turn out at the moment of serving and surround the base with a border of macédoine of vegetables bound with butter.