Chapter XIV · Fish · No. 886
Built upon: No. 273Blanchings
886—Filets de Soles Mirabeau
Poach the fillets, left in their natural state, in fish fumet.
Dish them and coat with white wine and Genevoise sauces, alternating the two, white and brown. Lay a thin strip of anchovy fillet between each of the fillets of sole; deck those of the latter coated with white sauce with a slice of truffle, and those coated with brown sauce with a star of No. 273, Blanchings tarragon leaves.
Escoffier, A. (1907). A Guide to Modern Cookery, No. 886, p. 298. London: William Heinemann. Translation of Le Guide Culinaire (1903).
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