This section is from the book "Soyer's Standard Cookery", by Nicolas Soyer. Also available from Amazon: Soyer's Standard Cookery.
Make a forcemeat of salmon, mold the quenelles and place them separately in buttered saucepan. Put a small thin slice of salmon on each, and poach them in a very moderate oven, keeping the lid on the pan.
Drain on a napkin, arrange them on a dish, and put a slice of truffle upon each slice of salmon, and coat with Mornay sauce.
Garnish with small asparagus-heads just before dishing up.
 
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