Chapter XV · Relevés and Entrées · No. 1052
Built upon: No. 250PoëlingsNo. 273Blanchings
1052—Filet de Bœuf Financière
No. 250, Poëlings the larded fillet.
Glaze it at the last moment and set it on a long dish.
Surround it with a garnish consisting of (1) quenelles of ordinary forcemeat; (2) grooved and cooked button-mushroom heads; (3) cocks’ combs and kidneys; (4) turned and No. 273, Blanchings olives. Each garnish should be placed on the dish in distinct heaps.
Cover the garnish with a little financière sauce, and send the same sauce separately.
Escoffier, A. (1907). A Guide to Modern Cookery, No. 1052, p. 355. London: William Heinemann. Translation of Le Guide Culinaire (1903).
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