Cream Of Chicken & Watercress Soup

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 4 tablespoons butter
• 5 tablespoons flour
• 15 ml mustard powder
• 2 liters strong home-made chicken stock
• salt
• fresh ground black pepper
• 2 egg yolks
• 250 ml heavy cream
• 4 tablespoons dry tapioca, soaked in 1 cup of water,drained
• 125 ml dry wine
• 4 bunches fresh watercress, , blanched,refreshed and chopped
• 125 ml softly whipped cream

Recipe

• 1 melt butter in a saucepan.
• 2 when hot and bubbly, stir in flour and mustard.
• 3 continue to stir until mixture turns golden.
• 4 gradually add chicken stock, stirring or whisking constantly to smooth away any little lumps of flour.
• 5 sprinkle with seasoning to taste.
• 6 whisk yolks into cream.
• 7 slowly add a little thickened chicken stock and blend.
• 8 remove pot of chicken stock from the heat.
• 9 while stirring, carefully pour egg/cream mixture into remaining hot stock.
• 10 add tapioca.
• 11 add wine and watercress.
• 12 reheat carefully but do not bring to the boil as soup will curdle.
• 13 swirl in whipped cream and serve in heated soup plates.