Chapter XV · Relevés and Entrées · No. 1297
Built upon: No. 1288Calf’s Brains and Amourettes
1297—Amourettes à la Tosca
Poach one lb. of No. 1288, Calf’s Brains and Amourettes, as explained above, and cut them into lengths of one in.
Prepare a garnish of macaroni cohered with butter and grated Parmesan, and add thereto four tablespoonfuls of a crayfish cullis per four oz. of macaroni; three crayfishes’ tails for each person, and two-thirds of the pieces of No. 1288, Calf’s Brains and Amourettes. Toss well, in order to thoroughly mix the whole; dish in a timbale; cover the macaroni with what remains of the pieces of No. 1288, Calf’s Brains and Amourettes, and cover them slightly with crayfish cullis.
Escoffier, A. (1907). A Guide to Modern Cookery, No. 1297, p. 430. London: William Heinemann. Translation of Le Guide Culinaire (1903).
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