Sole Normande

Ingredients

• the sole
• one-sixth pint of fish fumet
• the same quantity of the cooking-liquor of mushrooms
• mussels
• poached oysters
• shrimps’ tails
• small cooked mushrooms
• Normande sauce
• six fine slices of truffle
• four crusts in the shape of lozenges
• four gudgeons

Method

1. 1

   Poach the sole on a buttered dish with one-sixth pint of fish fumet, and the same quantity of the cooking-liquor of mushrooms.

2. 2

   Drain and dish the sole, and surround it with mussels, poached oysters (cleared of their beards), shrimps’ tails, and small cooked mushrooms.

3. 3

   Put the sole in the oven for a few minutes, tilt the dish in order to get rid of all liquid, and coat the sole and the garnish with Normande sauce.

4. 4

   Make a little garland of pale meat-glaze on the sauce, and finish the garnish with the following articles: six fine slices of truffle set in a row upon the sole; six small crusts in the shape of lozenges, fried in clarified butter and arranged round the truffles; four gudgeons treated a l’anglaise and fried at the last moment; and four medium-sized trussed crayfish cooked in court-bouillon.

5. 5

   Set the gudgeons and the crayfish round the dish.

As published

This recipe was extracted from A guide to modern cookery (1909) by A. Escoffier, page 167. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

SOLE NORMANDE Poach the sole on a buttered dish with one-sixth pint of fish fumet, and the same quantity of the cooking-liquor of mush- rooms. Drain and dish the sole, and surround it with mussels, poached oysters (cleared of their beards), shrimps’ tails, and small cooked mushrooms. Put the sole in the oven for a few minutes, tilt the dish in order to get rid of all liquid, and coat the sole and the garnish with Normande sauce. Make a little garland of pale meat-glaze on the sauce, and finish the gar- nish with the following articles :—Six fine slices of truffle set in a row upon the sole; six small crusts in the shape of lozenges, fried in clarified butter and arranged round the truffles; four gudgeons

Cook this with the app: pantry check, scaling, and the assistant.