Chapter XI · Hors-d’Œuvres · No. 294
294—Caviare Cream
Pound four oz. of preserved caviare and add thereto, little by little, two tablespoonfuls of fresh cream and two oz. of softened butter. Rub through a fine sieve, and finish the preparation by an addition of three tablespoonfuls of whisked cream.
N.B.—This cream and those that follow often take the place of the butters in the preparation of hors-d’œuvres. The addition of previously well-softened butter to these creams is necessary in order to make them sufficiently consistent when they cool.
Escoffier, A. (1907). A Guide to Modern Cookery, No. 294, p. 141. London: William Heinemann. Translation of Le Guide Culinaire (1903).
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