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Eggs En Coquilles

Cut eight hard-boiled eggs in eight pieces each and keep on a plate. Heat one and a half tablespoons melted butter in a frying pan, add one finely minced onion, and gently brown over a brisk fire five minutes, stirring lightly meanwhile. Add one tablespoon flour. Stir well while heating a minute, then moisten with one and a half gills of milk and a half gill of cream, and continually mix until it comes to a boil. Add the eggs. Season with half a teaspoon salt, a saltspoon cayenne pepper and half a saltspoon grated nutmeg. Carefully mix, cook for two minutes. Divide it into six table shells, sprinkle a little grated Parmesan cheese over, then set in the oven eight minutes. Remove and serve.