Chapter XII · Eggs · No. 446
446—Eggs en Cocotte à la Maraichère
Garnish the bottom and sides of the cocottes with cooked spinach, chopped and pressed, and sorrel and lettuce leaves, both of which should be stewed in butter. Break the eggs, season, poach in the usual way, and, when about to send the eggs to the table, drop a fine chervil pluche on each yolk.
Escoffier, A. (1907). A Guide to Modern Cookery, No. 446, p. 175. London: William Heinemann. Translation of Le Guide Culinaire (1903).
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