Cailles Cécilia (Cold Quail Fillets Cécilia)
Origin: Paris, France
Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907
Ingredients
- Quails
- Foie gras — the same quantity as the remaining quail flesh
- Foie gras
- Brown chaud-froid sauce
- Jelly
- Truffles
Instructions
- Roast the quails, keeping them juicy, and let them cool.
- Lift the fillets and remove their skin.
- With the rest of the flesh and the same quantity of foie gras, prepare a purée.
- Place each fillet on a slice of foie gras of the same shape, sticking it on with a little of the purée, and coat them chaud-froid in brown.
- When the sauce is well set, arrange the fillets in a plain border mould lined with jelly and decorated with truffles.
- Finish filling the mould with jelly and keep it in the cooler.
- Just at the moment of serving, turn out on a napkin.