Scottish Highland Chicken Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 slice hearty thick white bread
4 fluid ounces milk
2 boneless skinless chicken breasts, cooked and minced
4 almonds, ground
2 eggs, hard boiled,yolks only
32 fluid ounces low sodium chicken broth
salt
white pepper
1/4 teaspoon grated nutmeg
2 teaspoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
2 egg yolks
4 fluid ounces heavy cream
2 tablespoons finely diced cooked chicken

Preparation

Remove the crusts from the bread and place the bread in small saucepan.
Cover with the milk and bring to a boil.
Set aside and allow to cool a bit.
Pound the minced chicken, almonds and hard-boiled yolks in a mortar until smooth, and then place in a large bowl.
Gradually beat in the bread and milk.
Stir in the stock, and then pass through a sieve into a saucepan.
Bring to the boil, season with salt and pepper, add the nutmeg and lemon juice and simmer for 10 minutes; remove from the heat.
Beat the egg yolks with the cream and blend in 3 tablespoonfuls of the hot soup.
Stir the mixture into the soup and heat gently for 2 or 3 minutes.
DO NOT ALLOW TO BOIL.
When it thickens, serve with the diced chicken as a garnish.