Turtle Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 1/2 c. fresh turtle meat, diced
2 qt. beef stock
1 bay leaf
1 clove mace
1 1/2 Tbsp. lemon juice
3 drops Tabasco sauce
1 hard-cooked egg white, diced
salt and pepper
1/3 c. sherry

Preparation

Combine turtle meat, beef stock, bay leaf, mace, lemon juice and Tabasco sauce. Bring to boiling and cook until turtle meat is tender.
Remove bay leaf and mace. Add egg white and season with salt and pepper. Add sherry after removing soup from heat.