Sauce à la Reine
¹⁄₂ pint veal stock
¹⁄₄ lb. mushrooms
Small bouquet of herbs
¹⁄₂ an onion
¹⁄₂ pint cream
Breast of a fowl
Juice of half a lemon
1 tea-spoon flour
Let the veal stock simmer for half-an-hour with the mushrooms, onion, and herbs. Then strain. Thicken with the flour. Boil two or three minutes. Add the boiling cream. Set back on the fire and add the finely pounded breast, lemon juice and seasoning. Do not allow the sauce to boil after the chicken has been added.