Ingredients

  • 1 slices bread, white
  • 1/4 pint milk
  • 2 each chicken breasts cooked, skinned, minced
  • 4 each almonds ground
  • 2 each egg yolks
  • 2 pints chicken broth
  • 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg grated
  • 2 teaspoons lemon juice
  • 2 each egg yolks
  • 1/4 pint double cream
  • 2 tablespoons chicken cooked, diced

Method

  • Remove crusts from bread and place in small saucepan.
  • Cover with the milk and bring to boil.
  • Set aside and allow to cool a bit.
  • Pound minced chicken, almonds and hard-boiled yolks in mortor until smooth, then place in a large bowl.
  • Gradually beat in the bread and milk.
  • Stir in the stock, then pass through a seive into a suacepan.
  • Bring to the boil, season with salt and pepper, add nutmeg and lemon juice.
  • Simmer for 10 minutes then remove from the heat.
  • Beat egg yolks with the cream and blend 3 tablespoonfuls of the hot soup.
  • Stir the mixture into the soup and heat gently for 2 or 3 mins.
  • DO NOT ALLOW TO BOIL.
  • When it thickens, serve with the diced chicken as a garnish.