Chapter XIV · Fish · No. 888
888—Filets de Soles aux Huîtres
Open and poach twelve oysters. Poach the fillets of sole, folded, in the oyster liquor strained through linen, and a piece of butter as large as a walnut.
Arrange in an oval on a dish; garnish the centre with the poached oysters (cleared of their beards), and coat the fillets of sole and the oysters with Normande sauce combined with the reduced cooking-liquor of the fillets.
Escoffier, A. (1907). A Guide to Modern Cookery, No. 888, p. 299. London: William Heinemann. Translation of Le Guide Culinaire (1903).
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