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CRÈME AU BLÉ VERT, otherwise CÉRÈS

A historical recipe from A guide to modern cookery, by Escoffier, A. (Auguste) (1907).

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A historical recipe

A guide to modern cookery, by Escoffier, A. (Auguste) (1907). Project Gutenberg eBook #71395.

From an old book: a historical recipe, not current advice. Its methods, additives and storage may be unsafe by today's standards.

France

Known as a French recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.

Ingredients 4 ingredients

  1. one lb. of dry
  2. one-half pint of water
  3. one and one-quarter pints of Béchamel
  4. a pinch of chervil pluches

Cook safely

Keep children and pets away from the hob and the oven, and keep oven gloves and a lid within reach.

  • Boiling water and steam. Turn pan handles inward, away from the edge of the hob. Lift lids away from you, and pour hot water away from your body: steam burns too.
  • Sharp knives. Cut on a board that doesn't slip (a damp cloth under it helps), and curl the fingers of the hand that holds the food.

Method

  1. Put one lb.
  2. of dry, green wheat to soak in cold water for four hours.
  3. Then cook it slowly in one-half pint of water and as much white consommé.
  4. Mix therewith one and one-quarter pints of Béchamel and rub through tammy.
  5. Add the necessary amount of white consommé to the purée;
  6. heat the whole without boiling, and finish it with cream when dishing up.
  7. Garnish with a pinch of chervil pluches.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Saucepan
  • Chef's knife
Source Public domain in the USA
Credit

From A guide to modern cookery, by Escoffier, A. (Auguste) (1907). Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #71395 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/71395). Public domain in the USA; its status may differ elsewhere.

What was changed: As printed, from the book's text; Project Gutenberg's header and licence removed. Ingredient lines were read out of the text by a program. A historical recipe, not current advice.