Chapter XVI · Poultry (Volaille) · No. 1717
1717—Dindonneau à la Catalane
Cut up the young turkey as for a fricassée, and fry the pieces in three oz. of butter. When the pieces are nicely browned, swill the utensil with one pint of white wine; season with salt and pepper; add a piece, the size of a pea, of crushed garlic, and completely reduce. Then moisten with sufficient tomato purée and equal quantities of Espagnole and brown stock to just cover the pieces.
Cook in the oven for forty minutes; transfer the pieces to another dish after having trimmed them, and add one-half lb. of raw, quartered mushrooms, sautéd in butter; twenty chestnuts cooked in consommé; twenty small, glazed onions; five quartered tomatoes, and ten sausages.
Strain the sauce over the pieces of turkey; complete the cooking for twenty-five minutes, and dish in a timbale.
Escoffier, A. (1907). A Guide to Modern Cookery, No. 1717, p. 543. London: William Heinemann. Translation of Le Guide Culinaire (1903).
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