Title: Lorraine Soup
Categories: Soup British
Yield: 1 Servings
| 1 | | Thick slice white bread |
| 1/4 | pt | Milk |
| 2 | | Breasts of cooked, skinned, minced chicken |
| 4 | | Gound almonds |
| 2 | | Hard boiled egg yolks |
| 2 | pt | Chicken stock |
| | | Salt |
| | | White pepper |
| 1/4 | ts | Grated nutmeg |
| 2 | ts | Lemon juice |
| 2 | | Egg yolks |
| 1/4 | pt | Double cream |
| 2 | tb | Finely diced cooked chicken |
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 mins, 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.Subj: Alexandra Soup Lorraine Soup -
Scottish