Vol-au-vent of Sole Fillets à la Présidente
Origin: Paris, France
Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907
Ingredients
- 10 fine sole fillets
- mousseline forcemeat of whiting or of sole
- 20 fine crayfish tails
- Béchamel sauce with cream
- truffle purée
- vol-au-vent crust
Instructions
- Cut 10 fine sole fillets each into two lozenges and sauté them à la Meunière.
- Mould 10 quenelles of mousseline forcemeat of whiting or of sole with a dessert spoon and poach them.
- Prepare 20 fine crayfish tails.
- Make a proportionate quantity of Béchamel sauce with cream and add a third of truffle purée, the truffles as fresh as possible and cooked à la Mirepoix with Sauternes.
- Combine the fillets, quenelles and crayfish tails in the sauce.
- Pour into a vol-au-vent crust and arrange on a folded napkin.