Cream of Pickling Cucumbers

Crème de Cornichons au Cerfeuil

Preparation info
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Savoie: The Land, People, and Food of the French Alps

By Madeleine Kamman

Published 1989

  • About

Use pickling cucumbers, as small as you can possibly find, for the garnish.

Ingredients

  • ½ cup butter
  • 2 onions, chopped
  • 3 shallots, chopped

Method

Heat the butter in a large sauté pan, add the onions and shallots, and cook only a few minutes; add all the cucumbers, season to taste, cover, and cook 15 minutes. Add the chicken broth and cook, uncovered, approximately 40 minutes, until tasty. Puree in the blender until perfectly smooth.

Meanwhile sauté the sliced pickling cucumbers in butter. Add the cider vinegar and remove from the