Chapter XIII · Soups · No. 578
Built upon: No. 2296Ravioli
578—Consommé Macdonald
Prepare (1) one quart of highly seasoned beef consommé, (2) two dariole-moulds of brain-purée royale; (3) two tablespoonfuls of cucumbers cut into small dice and cooked in consommé until the latter is reduced to a glaze; (4) five little No. 2296, Ravioli garnished with chicken forcemeat combined with a third of its volume of spinach. Put these No. 2296, Ravioli to poach in salted boiling water twelve minutes before serving.
Put into the soup-tureen the royale of brains cut into roundels one-third inch thick, the dice of cucumber, and the No. 2296, Ravioli poached and well drained.
Pour the boiling beef consommé over this garnish just before serving.
Escoffier, A. (1907). A Guide to Modern Cookery, No. 578, p. 209. London: William Heinemann. Translation of Le Guide Culinaire (1903).
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