Chapter XX · Entremets (Sweets) · No. 2468
Built upon: No. 2344The Cooking of Sugar
2468—Chinese Surprise Omelet
The procedure is the same, but the vanilla ice-cream is replaced by tangerine ice. On taking the omelet out of the oven, surround it with tangerines glazed with sugar, cooked to the No. 2344, The Cooking of Sugar stage.
Escoffier, A. (1907). A Guide to Modern Cookery, No. 2468, p. 727. London: William Heinemann. Translation of Le Guide Culinaire (1903).
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