Calf’s head sauce Gribiche prepared our way

- ½ calf’s head, rolled
- 2 small shallots,
- 2 dl white wine
- 1 bunch of chervil,
- 1 carrot
- 1 bunch of parsley,
- 1 onion
- 1 bunch of chives,
- 600g potatoes
- 1 tablespoon of sherry vinegar
- 150g butter
- 10 cl single cream,
- Fallot Dijon Mustard
- 30 g pine kernels,
- 30 g breadcrumbs
- 50 cl olive oil,
- capers
- gherkins.

– Poach the calf’s head with the white wine, some water, salt, pepper and the onion; then leave to cool.
– Peel and wash the potatoes, cut them in four and sauté them in butter; add a few parsley leaves at the last minute.
– Make the herb pesto:
In a mortar, crush half the bunch of parsley, half the bunch of chervil, half the bunch of chives and the pine kernels with 1 tablespoonful of mustard.
Add the olive oil and season.
-Make the sauce Gribiche: cut the 2 shallots up finely, chop the capers, half the bunch of parsley, half the bunch of chervil, and half the bunch of chives. Cut the gherkins in a brunoise (finely diced). Mix all the ingredients in a bowl and add a tablespoonful of sherry vinegar and a tablespoonful of Fallot Dijon mustard.
– Whip the cream to a Chantilly and add a tablespoonful of Fallot mustard.
– In a frying pan, brown the calf’s head on each side in a little oil. Spread the sauce Gribiche on one side and sprinkle with breadcrumbs; brown slightly in the oven.
– Put the browned calf’s head on the plate with the potatoes and the mustard cream, and decorate with snipped herbs and the herb pesto.