Chicken Terrapin

Ingredients

• Boil a large, tender chicken
• the yolks of two eggs
• one pint of rich milk
• one tablespoon of flour
• two tablespoons of butter
• salt
• paprika
• A tablespoon of sherry

Method

1. 1

   Boil chicken until meat slips off the bone, cool, and cut into dice.

2. 2

   Beat yolks, heat milk to boil, add flour mixed with butter, stir until smooth.

3. 3

   Remove from heat, add yolks, salt, and paprika.

4. 4

   Stir in chicken dice, heat without boiling.

5. 5

   Sherry enhances flavor.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Council cook book (1908), page 23. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Chicken Terrapin. Boil a large, tender chicken until the meat will slip off the bone; let it get cold, then cut it into dice, half-inch size. Take the yolks of two eggs; after beating them light, set aside. Heat one pint of rich milk — part cream is best; when it comes to a boil, add one tablespdon of flour that has been rubbed smooth with two tablespoons of butter and stir until very smooth. Take from the fire, add the yolks, salt and paprika to taste. Put the mixture back on the stove and stir in the chicken dice. Let it heat, but not come to a boil. A tablespoon of sherry

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