Chapter XVII · Roasts and Salads · No. 1980
Built upon: No. 273Blanchings
1980—Mauviettes (Larks)
Wrap them in very thin slices of bacon, and impale them on a skewer, or discard the slices of bacon, and merely impale them on a skewer, separating them by No. 273, Blanchings squares of breast of bacon.
Roast for ten minutes before a fierce fire.
Dish on small fried croûtons, with quarters of lemon and bunches of watercress all round.
Escoffier, A. (1907). A Guide to Modern Cookery, No. 1980, p. 614. London: William Heinemann. Translation of Le Guide Culinaire (1903).
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