Consommé à la Chartreuse (Clear Soup with Tomato and Tiny Ravioli)
Origin: Paris, France
Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907
Ingredients
- Consommé ordinaire
- tapioca
- peeled tomato flesh
- one third spinach purée
- one third foie gras
- one third chopped mushrooms
- a little forcemeat
- chervil pluches
Instructions
- Thicken the Consommé ordinaire lightly with tapioca.
- Cut peeled tomato flesh into dice and poach them in the consommé.
- Make very small ravioli: one third filled with spinach purée, one third with foie gras, one third with chopped mushrooms bound with a little forcemeat.
- Poach the ravioli at the moment of serving.
- Garnish the consommé with the tomato dice, the ravioli and chervil pluches.