Manton
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When you add the raft to the stock for the consomme, you say to stir. I'm having some trouble picturing how to stir the stock with a donut shaped mass floating at the top. Does the raft float when you first put it in or only after it cooks for a little bit? Or do you add the raft loose and does the stirring bring it together into the donut shape?
Like you, I've always thought that the process for consomme is wasteful and something that I wouldn't try, but one of these days I might get bored and give it a shot.
Always a pleasure reading these posts, thank you!
You stir it when it goes into the pot and is still a big gloopy mess. Stirring helps it set and become a raft. Once that happens, you stop stirring.