Mogador Soup
Origin: Paris, France
Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907
Ingredients
- 1.25 litre velouté de volaille (chicken velouté)
- 4 décilitres chicken purée
- 150 grammes foie gras purée (foie gras purée)
- liaison ordinaire (standard liaison / beurre manié)
- 100 grammes butter
- fine julienne of chicken breast
- tongue, bright red
- truffle
Instructions
- Prepare 1.25 litres of velouté de volaille (chicken velouté). Add 4 décilitres of chicken purée, or alternatively cook 450 grams of chicken meat directly in the velouté, proceeding as explained in the Théories préliminaires (preliminary theory section).
- Pass the soup through a fine sieve (étamine) and heat without allowing it to boil.
- Finish the soup at the last moment by whisking in: the foie gras purée thinned with a few spoonfuls of the velouté, the liaison ordinaire (standard beurre manié liaison), and the butter. Do not boil.
- Garnish with fine julienne of chicken breast, bright red tongue, and truffle.