Basic Fish Mousseline

Mousseline de Poisson

Preparation info
  • Serves

    8 to 10

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
French Classics Made Easy

By Richard Grausman

Published 2011

  • About

ONE OF THE MOST sublime preparations to come out of the French kitchen is a well-made fish mousseline. Essentially a fish purée bound by egg whites and enriched by heavy cream, it can be poached, steamed, or baked. It can be used as a stuffing, as in Mousseline-Stuffed Trout with Two Sauces; or baked in a mold and served with a sauce, as for Fish Mousseline with a Hidden Scallop or