Œufs Lina Munte (Cold Eggs in White Chaud-froid with Mushroom Purée)

Origin: Paris, France

Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Sponge the soft-boiled eggs well and trim the underside slightly so that they stand steady.
  2. Add a third of mushroom purée to the white sauce Chaud-froid and coat the eggs with it.
  3. Glaze with jelly and set a glazed pearl of truffle on each egg.
  4. Place each egg on a fluted ring of jelly and arrange the eggs around a small mound of chopped jelly.
  5. Chaud-froid the small mushrooms, turn them upside down and garnish each with a small glazed ball of truffle.
  6. Surround the eggs with a crown of these mushrooms.

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