Chapter XVI · Poultry (Volaille) · No. 1685
1685—Soufflé de Volaille with Cooked Meat
Finely pound one lb. of the white of cooked chicken-meat; add thereto six tablespoonfuls of cold, reduced, Béchamel sauce. Rub through tammy.
Heat this preparation in a saucepan, without allowing it to boil, and add to it one and one-half oz. of butter, the yolks of five eggs, and the whites of six, beaten to a stiff froth.
Dish in a buttered timbale, and cook in a moderate oven.
Suprême sauce and the other derivatives of Allemande sauce form the best accompaniments to chicken soufflés.
Escoffier, A. (1907). A Guide to Modern Cookery, No. 1685, p. 531. London: William Heinemann. Translation of Le Guide Culinaire (1903).
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