Chapter XV · Relevés and Entrées · No. 1401
Built upon: No. 1410Crépinettes Truffées
1401—Oreilles à la Rouennaise
After having singed and well cleaned the inside of the pig’s ears, cook them in water, salted to the extent of one-third oz. of salt per quart, together with a garnish of vegetables as for pot-au-feu. This done, cut them across in suchwise as to have the end where the flesh is thickest on one side, and the thinnest end on the other side of the strips.
Chop up the thick portion; cut the other into collops, and put the whole into a saucepan with one-quarter pint of half-glaze with Madeira.
Cook gently for thirty minutes. This done, add to the minced ears, one and one-half lbs. of sausage meat and a pinch of chopped parsley. Divide up the whole into portions, weighing three oz; wrap each portion in a piece of pig’s caul, insert a collop of ear into the wrapping, and give the latter the shape of ordinary No. 1410, Crépinettes Truffées. Grill gently, until the cooking is three-parts done; sprinkle with butter and raspings, and complete the cooking of the No. 1410, Crépinettes Truffées, colouring them in so doing.
Dish in a circle, and serve a Madeira sauce at the same time.
Escoffier, A. (1907). A Guide to Modern Cookery, No. 1401, p. 460. London: William Heinemann. Translation of Le Guide Culinaire (1903).
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