Sole Velouté à la Mathurine
Origin: Paris, France
Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907
Ingredients
- 250 grams sole fillets
- 1.5 liters fish velouté (velouté de poisson), made light
- liaison (egg yolk and cream)
- butter (beurre)
- small quenelles made from salmon forcemeat
Instructions
- Gently braise the sole fillets in butter. Add them to the fish velouté, keeping the mixture light and clear. Complete the cooking gently; strain through cheesecloth and heat without boiling.
- Finish the soup with liaison and butter in standard proportions, mounting au beurre (whisking in cold butter to finish).
- Garnish with small quenelles made from salmon forcemeat.