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Poulet Sauté aux Truffes

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 3 ingredients

  1. six oz. of raw truffles
  2. three tablespoonfuls of half-glaze sauce
  3. one and one-half oz. of butter

Cook safely

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

  • 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. Half-sauté the chicken in butter;
  2. add six oz.
  3. of raw truffles, cut into slices, and complete the cooking under cover.
  4. Dish;
  5. swill with a few tablespoonfuls of Madeira;
  6. reduce;
  7. add three tablespoonfuls of half-glaze sauce;
  8. finish with one and one-half oz.
  9. of butter, and pour this sauce over the chicken.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Frying pan
  • 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.