A rich chicken consommé flavoured with Madeira wine. It is served cold in jelly form.

A rich chicken consommé flavoured with Port wine. It is served cold in jelly form.

A rich chicken consommé flavoured with wine, often fortified, which is added only when the soup has cooled. It is served cold in jelly form.

A clear chicken consommé garnished with chicken wings that have been boned, stuffed and braised.

Chicken consommé garnished with thin vermicelli, angels' hair, served with grated Parmesan cheese.

Beef consommé served with small pieces of fried bread, slightly hollowed out and filled with thick vegetable purée, sprinkled with grated cheese and baked au gratin.

A rich beef consommé with diced vegetables and shreds of beef, covered with a lid of pastry which retains the heat of the soup.

A clear chicken consommé slightly thickened with tapioca and garnished with Parmesan croûtons sprinkled with cayenne pepper.

A hot beef consommé to which, just before serving, is added small savoury choux pastries the size of a pea, puff eclairs filled with white chicken forcemeat.

A clear meat consommé egg and sherry ???