Chicken Terrapin No 3 Recipe

Boil chicken in salted water. 1 quart of cold cooked chicken cut into

dice; cooked livers of 1 or 2 chickens; 3 hard-boiled eggs; yolks of 2

raw eggs; 1 cup of chicken stock; 1 cup cream; slight grating of nutmeg;

1/3 teaspoon pepper; 1 level teaspoon salt; 4 tablespoons sherry; 3

tablespoons butter; 2 tablespoons flour; 1 teaspoon lemon juice. Chop

hard-boiled eggs and add to chicken; sprinkle with salt, pepper and

nutmeg. Add flour to melted butter and stock and stir for three minutes.

Add cream after reserving 4 tablespoonfuls. Stir one minute. Add chicken

mixture and let it simmer for ten minutes. Beat yolks well and add

cream; pour into mixture and stir one minute. Remove from fire, and add

wine and lemon juice.

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