Chapter XV · Relevés and Entrées · No. 1098
1098—Tournedos Judic
Season the tournedos; fry them in butter, and dish them in the form of a crown on crusts fried in butter. On each tournedos set a crown of truffle slices, with a cock’s kidney in the centre, and surround with braised, trimmed, and quartered lettuces.
Escoffier, A. (1907). A Guide to Modern Cookery, No. 1098, p. 368. London: William Heinemann. Translation of Le Guide Culinaire (1903).
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