Day 8

10 October 2013

 Today Chef O demo'd shrimp bisque first thing and then we got right into our soups, I started with the chowder which I had mise in place done for yesterday, and then moved onto my dubarry. Dubarry is just cream of cauliflower, I have no idea why its called Dubarry. There was a Madame Dubarry in the late 1790's, she was the last mistress of Louis XV; I suppose its possible that she liked this soup and some chef named it after here, they say Marie Antoinette's last meal was consommé fettuccini, I suppose its possible Madame Dubarry last meal before her own similar demise was cream of cauliflower,  but that is pure conjecture. I can't find any reference to her and cauliflower soup.. I digress..

 

 

Once the cauliflower is tender it is then pureed and a liaison was added to make it creamy and finish it off.

Practical tomorrow. This week flew by!

 

Update 10/12/13

I was correct on the assumption of the name of the soup being after Madame Dubarry.. found the following article during a further search!

 

http://www.radionz.co.nz/collections/recipes/crme-madame-du-barry---cauliflower-soup-with-saut-scampi