Roast Ortolans
From A guide to modern cookery, 1909
Serves 4
Serve each ortolan in a half-lemon shaped like a basket.
Presented as published in 1909. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.
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This recipe was extracted from A guide to modern cookery (1909) by A. Escoffier, page 353. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
ROAST ORTOLANS Wrap each in a vine-leaf; set them on a tray, moistened with salted water, and cause them to set in a fierce oven for four or five minutes
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