Chapter XV · Relevés and Entrées · No. 1296
Built upon: No. 2390Vol-au-Vent Crust
1296—Vol au Vent de Cervelle
Prepare a vol-au-vent crust, as explained under No. 2390, Vol-au-Vent Crust. Slice the brains, and put the slices into half-a-pint of Allemande sauce, with twelve quenelles of ordinary forcemeat, poached just before dishing up; four oz. of small, cooked mushrooms, and one oz. of truffle slices, five or six of which should be reserved.
Pour the garnish into the vol au vent; set upon the latter the reserved slices of truffle, and dish on a folded napkin.
Escoffier, A. (1907). A Guide to Modern Cookery, No. 1296, p. 430. London: William Heinemann. Translation of Le Guide Culinaire (1903).
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