Consommé aux Petits pois frits (Clear Consommé with Fried 'Peas')
Origin: Paris, France
Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907
Ingredients
- Ordinary clear Consommé
- 100 grammes sifted flour
- 1 and a half eggs
- A pinch of fine salt
- About 2 décilitres very fresh cream
- Frying fat
Instructions
- Prepare an ordinary clear Consommé.
- Moisten 100 grammes of sifted flour with 1 and a half eggs, or 2 very small ones.
- Add a pinch of fine salt, then about 2 décilitres of very fresh cream, little by little.
- Pour the mixture into a colander with large holes and let it fall into very hot frying fat, working in small quantities.
- Serve the little fried peas separately in a hot timbale, with the Consommé.