Chapter XIV · Fish · No. 851
851—Sole à la Provençale
Poach the sole in one-sixth pint of fish fumet, two tablespoonfuls of oil and a piece, the size of a pea, of garlic, well crushed. Drain and dish the sole. Coat it with Provençale sauce combined with the reduced cooking-liquor, and sprinkle a little concassed parsley over it.
Surround the sole with four little tomatoes and four medium-sized mushrooms stuffed with duxelles flavoured with a mite of garlic; these latter should be put in the oven just in time for them to be ready at the dishing up of the fish.
Escoffier, A. (1907). A Guide to Modern Cookery, No. 851, p. 288. London: William Heinemann. Translation of Le Guide Culinaire (1903).
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