Chapter XIII · Soups · No. 688
688—Velouté de Homard au Paprika
Prepare a medium-sized lobster à l’Américaine, and, in addition to the usual ingredients of the preparation, include two concassed tomatoes and two roughly chopped onions. Season with paprika.
For the rest of the operation, proceed exactly as directed under “Velouté à la Cleveland.”
Garnish with lobster meat cut into dice, two tablespoonfuls of rice, and one tablespoonful of pimentos cut into dice.
Escoffier, A. (1907). A Guide to Modern Cookery, No. 688, p. 242. London: William Heinemann. Translation of Le Guide Culinaire (1903).
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