Chapter XI · Hors-d’Œuvres · No. 352
352—Salad of Filleted Salted Herrings
Remove the fillets whole; take off the skins; set to soak and then trim them. Dish, and cover them with the following sauce:—Add the purée of eight soft roes, moistened with two tablespoonfuls of vinegar, to four tablespoonfuls of mayonnaise. Season with onion, parsley, chervil, chives, and tarragon, all finely chopped; flavour moderately with cayenne.
Escoffier, A. (1907). A Guide to Modern Cookery, No. 352, p. 153. London: William Heinemann. Translation of Le Guide Culinaire (1903).
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