Chapter XIV · Fish · No. 838
838—Sole Régence
Poach the sole in a little white wine and two-thirds oz. of butter cut into small pieces.
Drain the sole, dish it, and surround it with six quenelles of whiting forcemeat finished with crayfish butter, moulded by means of a small spoon; four poached oysters (cleared of their beards); four small cooked and very white mushrooms; four small truffles, turned to the shape of olives; and four small poached slices of milt. Cover the sole and the garnish with a Normande sauce finished with a little truffle essence.
Escoffier, A. (1907). A Guide to Modern Cookery, No. 838, p. 286. London: William Heinemann. Translation of Le Guide Culinaire (1903).
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