Crécy Purée à la Briarde
Origin: Paris, France
Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907
Ingredients
- Carrots
- 250 grams Potatoes
- 1 liter Water
- 2 deciliters Fresh cream
- Butter
- 2 spoonfuls Small croutons
- Chervil
Instructions
- Stew the carrots in butter with diced onion in the same proportions as the preceding recipe (reference unclear from context).
- Replace the rice liaison with 250 grams of potatoes, and moisten with one liter of water.
- Pass the mixture through fine sieve (étamine). Adjust the consistency with 2 deciliters of fresh cream, and finish by mounting with butter (monter au beurre) at the moment of service. This purée does not separate or break.
- At service, add 2 spoonfuls of small croutons and fresh chervil.