Œufs à la Moscovite (Cold Hard-Boiled Eggs Filled with Caviar)
Origin: Paris, France
Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907
Ingredients
- hard-boiled eggs
- anchovy fillets (3 strips
- truffle
- caviar
- artichoke bottoms
- chopped jelly
Instructions
- Trim hard-boiled eggs slightly at both ends.
- Band each egg at bottom and top with 3 strips of anchovy fillet and set a dot of truffle halfway up, to imitate the bung of a barrel.
- Hollow the eggs out with a column tube and fill them with caviar, mounding it to a point above the rim.
- Set each egg in a good white artichoke bottom and surround it with a ribbon of chopped jelly.