Alexandre Étienne Choron

Alexandre- Étienne Choron (* 1837 in Caen, Calvados † 1924 ) was a French chef.

Career

He was head of the famous Voisin restaurants. He is best known for his invention of the béarnaise sauce Choron, a modification of the sauce. He was also known for the preparation of exotic dishes made ​​of elephant meat, such as Elephant Trunk ( trompe d' éléphant à la sauce chasseur ), consommé on the basis of elephant meat, kangaroo stew ( Civet de Kangourou ) or terrine of antelope with truffles ( antelope terrine d' aux truffes ). The creation of these exotic dishes was due to the food shortages at the siege of Paris by the Prussian army in 1870. Attacked Man therefore also return to the animals of the Paris zoo. On December 31, 1870, two prominent parts of the elephants Castor and Pollux were eaten in the Voisin.