Chapter XV · Relevés and Entrées · No. 1191
1191—Selle de Veau à la Talleyrand
Prepare twenty studs of truffle, about one inch long and one-third oz. in weight. Stick them upright and symmetrically into the meat of the joint, making way for them by means of little incisions cut with a small knife. Now envelop the joint in slices of larding bacon, string it, braise it, and glaze it at the last moment.
Dish it with some of its braising-liquor, cleared of all grease and reduced.
Serve separately (1) what remains of the braising-liquor; (2) a garnish of macaroni, cut into half-inch lengths, cohered with one and one-half oz. of butter, three oz. of grated Gruyère and Parmesan, combined with three oz. of foie gras, cut into large dice, and three oz. of a julienne of truffles, per lb. of macaroni.
Escoffier, A. (1907). A Guide to Modern Cookery, No. 1191, p. 398. London: William Heinemann. Translation of Le Guide Culinaire (1903).
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