Consommé aux Petits pois frits (Clear Consommé with Fried 'Peas')

Origin: Paris, France

Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Prepare an ordinary clear Consommé.
  2. Moisten 100 grammes of sifted flour with 1 and a half eggs, or 2 very small ones.
  3. Add a pinch of fine salt, then about 2 décilitres of very fresh cream, little by little.
  4. Pour the mixture into a colander with large holes and let it fall into very hot frying fat, working in small quantities.
  5. Serve the little fried peas separately in a hot timbale, with the Consommé.

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