Chapter XVI · Poultry (Volaille) · No. 1843
Built upon: No. 250Poëlings
1843—Faisan à la Régence
No. 250, Poëlings the pheasant, and dish it on a low croûton, carved from a sandwich-loaf and fried in butter.
Surround it with small, decorated, round game quenelles; large, grooved, cooked mushrooms; and cocks’ kidneys; all three arranged alternately.
Serve separately a Salmis sauce, flavoured with truffle essence, and combined with the strained and reduced No. 250, Poëlings-liquor, cleared of all grease.
Escoffier, A. (1907). A Guide to Modern Cookery, No. 1843, p. 584. London: William Heinemann. Translation of Le Guide Culinaire (1903).
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