Piroguis à la Moscovite (Muscovite Piroguis)
Origin: Paris, France
Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907
Ingredients
- white fish
- hard-boiled eggs
- vésiga
- pâte à coulibiac (pâte à brioche commune without sugar)
- sauce Colbert
Instructions
- Chop and mix together 250 grammes of cooked white fish free of skin and bone, 5 hard-boiled eggs and 125 grammes of cooked vésiga.
- Roll out a sheet of pâte à coulibiac, that is pâte à brioche commune without sugar, and cut the required number of pieces with a plain oval cutter 10 centimetres long by 6 to 7 wide.
- Place half a spoonful of the appareil in the middle of each, moisten the edges lightly and bring them together, sealing them so as to form a small oval puppet shape.
- Keep the Piroguis in a warm enough place for 25 to 30 minutes.
- Bake 20 minutes in a hot oven.
- At the moment of serving, introduce a teaspoonful of sauce Colbert into each Pirogui.