Potage à la Tortue sèche (Dried Turtle Soup)

Ingredients

• dried turtle flesh
• meats for the special consommé
• Madeira

Instructions

1. Soak the dried turtle flesh in cold water for at least 24 hours.
2. Cook it as indicated for the plastron and the carapace.
3. Once cooked, treat it exactly as for fresh turtle.
4. Use the cooking liquor to moisten the meats from which the special consommé is made, keeping it very full-bodied and gelatinous.
5. At the last moment add the flesh cut into dice and the Madeira.