Consommé 101

I remember a standing joke at the CIA that CMC stood for ‘can’t make Consommé ’…. well that certainly is not the case, in fact it’s one of the competencies often evaluated during the exam. I recently taught my Rowan class to prepare delicious, chicken Consommé, delicate, delicious with ‘punch’… (that was a word used to describe a properly prepared Consommé years ago in the Pro Chef!

mixing frothed egg whites with aromatics and ground chicken to form the raft

developing the raft

with julienne vegetables, before skimming the fat