Coquille de Cervelle au Gratin
Origin: Paris, France
Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1903
Ingredients
- pomme Duchesse mixture
- sauce Duxelles
- brains
- mushrooms
- 1 mushroom
- breadcrumbs
- melted butter
- parsley
- lemon
Instructions
- Edge the shells with a border of Duchesse potato mixture.
- Mask the bottom with a little sauce Duxelles.
- Arrange on it escalopes taken from a poached brain, with a few broad slices of cooked mushroom, and place a small mushroom in the middle.
- Cover with a slightly thick sauce Duxelles.
- Dust with breadcrumbs, sprinkle with melted butter, and gratinate in a hot oven.
- On taking them from the oven, scatter a little chopped parsley and squeeze a few drops of lemon juice over.