Bonne Femme Soup

Ingredients

• 1 Soaked Cucumber
• 4 Lettuce
• 1 Onion
• 1 Handful of Chervil
• 4 Table spoons of butter
• Nutmeg
• Pepper
• Salt
• Table spoon of flour
• Pints of Veal Broth
• 1/2 Pint of cream
• 6 Egg yolks
• 1 Tea spoon of sugar

Directions

• Shred the Cucumber, Lettuce, Onion and Chervil into fine pieces
• Combine the fine shredded pieces of Cucumber, Lettuce, Onion, and Chervil into a soup pot with the butter, nutmeg, pepper and salt
• Simmer the mixture in the soup pot for 10 minutes over a slow fire
• Add the flour and the Veal broth
• Boil the mixture for 15 minutes
• Stir the egg yolks, cream, and sugar into the mixture
• DO NOT let it boil after adding the eggs and cream
• Serve and enjoy

Source — Cooking in Old Créole Days.

Prepared by Laura C. Rodriguez

Louisiana Anthology
July 11, 2017