Aiguillettes of Rouen Duckling with Truffles
Origin: Paris, France
Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907
Ingredients
- Rouen duckling
- Chambertin wine
- Truffles
- Sauce Rouennaise
Instructions
- Pot-roast the duckling, keeping it underdone.
- Add a décilitre of Chambertin to the pot-roasting fond and cook 5 medium peeled truffles in it.
- Reduce the fond, remove the fat and strain it.
- Add the strained fond to a sauce Rouennaise kept a little light.
- Lift the aiguillettes from the duckling and cut the truffles into escalopes.
- Arrange them on a warm dish, alternating aiguillettes and truffle slices.
- Mask lightly with the sauce and serve the rest separately.