Potage Gentilhomme (Partridge Soup with Lentils)

Ingredients

• 1.5 litre Purée de perdreau aux lentilles (partridge and lentil purée)
• 3 cuillerées essence of partridge
• cognac, flambéed
• 4 décilitres fond de gibier à plume (game bird stock)
• 1 filet fresh lemon juice

Instructions

1. Prepare 1.5 litres of partridge and lentil purée (Purée de perdreau aux lentilles) according to the formula given in the Purées section. Complete the soup by incorporating 3 tablespoons of partridge essence, the flambéed cognac, 4 decilitres of excellent game bird stock (fond de gibier à plume), and a thread of fresh lemon juice.
2. Garnish with small quenelles (dumplings) made from partridge forcemeat, arranged as pearls, and truffle pearls.