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Shirred Eggs, Omer Pacha

Mix in a saucepan one and a half tablespoons melted butter with one and a half tablespoons flour, heat half minute, then pour in one and a half gills cream and add a tablespoon grated Parmesan cheese. Season with three saltspoons salt, half saltspoon cayenne pepper and half saltspoon grated nutmeg, and mix until it comes to a boil. Lightly butter six shirred-egg dishes. Crack two fresh eggs into each dish. Evenly season with half teaspoon salt and three saltspoons pepper, then evenly divide sauce over the six dishes. Sprinkle a little grated Parmesan cheese over eggs, set in oven five minutes. Remove and serve.