Stuffed Lettuces

Name: Stuffed Lettuces (Laitues farcies à la bourbonnaise)
Prep time: 1 h 30 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 2 h 30 min
Yield: For four people
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: salt, freshly-ground pepper; salt, freshly-ground pepper; a bouquet garni; a piece of pork rind; 50 g (1¾ oz) butter; 1 onion; 500 ml (scant pint) poultry stock; 2½ tablespoons dry white wine; a sprig of parsley; 20 chives; ½ carrot; 5 egg yolks; 150 g (5¼ oz) white homemade type bread, crusts removed; 4 lettuces with good hearts; 2 poached chicken breasts; 150 ml (¼ pint) whipping cream

Laitues farcies à la bourbonnaise

Preparation info

For
four
people

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
2 hr 30

Appears in

The Nouvelle Cuisine of Jean and Pierre Troisgros

By Jean Troisgros and Pierre Troisgros

Published 1978

About

Ingredients

4 lettuces with good hearts
150 g (5¼ oz) white homemade type bread, crusts removed

Europe
France
Side dish
Mediterranean

Method

Choose round cabbage lettuces, trim the base to a point to stop the leaves coming off and discard any wilted leaves. Wash the lettuces carefully, blanch for 5 minutes in plenty of boiling salted water and refresh by plunging them into a bowl of cold water. Shake them in the water, head down, to remove the grit that inevitably remains, then press between your hands and le