Chapter X · Leading Culinary Operations · No. 261
261—The Grilling of Products Coated with Butter and Bread-crumbs
These grills generally consist of only small objects; they must be effected on a very moderate fire, with the view of enabling them to cook and acquire colour simultaneously. They should also be frequently besprinkled with clarified butter, and turned with care, so as not to break their coating, the object of which is to withhold their contained juices.
Escoffier, A. (1907). A Guide to Modern Cookery, No. 261, p. 122. London: William Heinemann. Translation of Le Guide Culinaire (1903).
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