Aiguillettes of Rouen Duckling with Truffles

Origin: Paris, France

Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Pot-roast the duckling, keeping it underdone.
  2. Add a décilitre of Chambertin to the pot-roasting fond and cook 5 medium peeled truffles in it.
  3. Reduce the fond, remove the fat and strain it.
  4. Add the strained fond to a sauce Rouennaise kept a little light.
  5. Lift the aiguillettes from the duckling and cut the truffles into escalopes.
  6. Arrange them on a warm dish, alternating aiguillettes and truffle slices.
  7. Mask lightly with the sauce and serve the rest separately.

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