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Shirred Eggs, Epicurienne

Remove the skin and fat from a fresh veal kidney, then cut it in quarter-inch-square pieces. Heat a tablespoon melted butter in frying pan, add the kidney and briskly fry for five minutes, sprinkle a teaspoon flour over them, stir well. Pour in a half tablespoon sherry, gill milk and half gill cream, season with three saltspoons salt and saltspoon cayenne pepper, mix well and let boil for five minutes. Remove, then evenly divide it in six shirred-egg dishes, carefully crack two fresh eggs in each dish evenly season with half teaspoon salt and two saltspoons pepper, set them in the oven for five minutes, remove and serve.