Œufs Lina Munte (Cold Eggs in White Chaud-froid with Mushroom Purée)
Origin: Paris, France
Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907
Ingredients
- Soft-boiled eggs
- White sauce Chaud-froid
- Mushroom purée
- Jelly
- Truffles
- Small mushrooms
Instructions
- Sponge the soft-boiled eggs well and trim the underside slightly so that they stand steady.
- Add a third of mushroom purée to the white sauce Chaud-froid and coat the eggs with it.
- Glaze with jelly and set a glazed pearl of truffle on each egg.
- Place each egg on a fluted ring of jelly and arrange the eggs around a small mound of chopped jelly.
- Chaud-froid the small mushrooms, turn them upside down and garnish each with a small glazed ball of truffle.
- Surround the eggs with a crown of these mushrooms.