Consommé à la Jouvencel (Tapioca Consommé with Stuffed Lettuce Rolls and Crécy Croûtons)

Ingredients

• Ordinary Consommé
• Tapioca
• Lettuce leaves
• Fine forcemeat
• Brioche
• Butter
• Purée Crécy
• Cheese

Instructions

1. Thicken the ordinary Consommé lightly with tapioca.
2. Blanch the lettuce leaves very lightly, coat them with a layer of fine forcemeat and roll them into small cigarette shapes.
3. Poach the rolls in the Consommé at the moment of serving and trim them.
4. Cut small round croûtons of brioche with a plain cutter and fry them in butter.
5. Garnish the croûtons dome-shaped with stiff purée Crécy, sprinkle them with cheese and gratinate them at the moment of serving.
6. Serve the Consommé with the lettuce rolls and the croûtons.