Sauce au Pain frit (Fried Bread Sauce)
Origin: Paris, France
Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907
Ingredients
- 2 decilitres consomme
- 2 spoonfuls very lean ham
- 2 shallots
- 50 grammes breadcrumb
- butter
- a pinch of chopped parsley
- a dash of lemon juice
Instructions
- Add the diced lean ham and the chopped shallots to the 2 decilitres of consomme.
- Let it simmer gently for 10 minutes.
- Separately, fry 50 grammes of breadcrumb in butter.
- At the moment of serving, add the fried breadcrumb to the ham and shallot consomme.
- Complete with a pinch of chopped parsley and a dash of lemon juice.