Matelote au Vin Blanc
A historical recipe from A guide to modern cookery, by Escoffier, A. (Auguste) (1907).
A historical recipe
A guide to modern cookery, by Escoffier, A. (Auguste) (1907). Project Gutenberg eBook #71395.
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Source and licence
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.
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Ingredients
Method
- Prepare the fish as above, but use white wine instead of red, and burn the brandy as before.
- When the pieces of fish are cooked, transfer them to another saucepan with small onions, previously cooked in butter, and small, cooked mushrooms.
- Strain the cooking-liquor, reduce it to a little less than half, thicken it with fish velouté, and finish with one oz.
- of butter.
- Pour this sauce over the fish and the garnish;
- dish the whole in a timbale or a deep dish, and surround with crayfish, cooked in court-bouillon, and little crusts in the shape of hearts, fried in butter.