Ingredients

  • 4 tablespoons butter
  • 2 tablespoons flour
  • 12 cup milk
  • 12 cup white wine or 12 cup vermouth
  • 12 cup chicken broth
  • 1 egg yolk, beaten
  • 1 dash cayenne pepper
  • 1 dash ground pepper
  • 1 dash ground nutmeg
  • 1 dash ground cloves
  • 4 tablespoons fresh mushrooms, chopped
  • 1 teaspoon chives, chopped
  • 6 chicken breasts, poached

Method

  • Preheat oven to 375F Cut 6 pieces of foil large enough to make an envelope for each cicken breast.
  • Butter the foil with 2 tablespoons of the butter.
  • Make a paste with the remaining butter and flour and set aside.
  • Mix the milk, wine and chicken broth together in a saucepan and bring to a boil.
  • Add the butter-flour paste and stir until smooth.
  • Reduce heat to low and when boiling has stopped, gently stir in the egg yolk making sure not to let the mixture boil.
  • Remove from heat and add cayenne pepper, ground pepper, nutmeg, cloves, mushrooms and chives.
  • Lay each chicken breast on a square of buttered foil and divide the sauce evenly over each breast.
  • Fold edges of foil and seal being careful to leave a little room for expansion.
  • Bake for 10 minutes.
  • Serve wrapped in foil and let your guests open their own.