Turtle Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups diced fresh turtle meat
2 quarts beef stock
1 bay leaf
1 1/2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
mace
3 drops Tabasco sauce
1 egg white, hard cooked and finely chopped
salt and pepper
1/3 cup sherry wine

Preparation

Combine first six ingredients together in stock pot.
Bring to boiling point and cook until meat is tender.
Remove bay leaf and mace; add egg white and season with salt and pepper.
Add sherry after removing soup from heat.