Alt-Wiener Suppenhuhn (Old-style Viennese chicken soup) - vienna.info

Ingredients

• 1 chicken, approx. 1.8 kg (4 lb), ready to cook
• root vegetables for soup (parsley, carrots, celery stalk)
• 1 onion
• 4 peppercorns
• 3 allspice corns
• 1 bay leaf
• 2 cloves
• 1 small sprig thyme
• 40 g (1/8 cup) butter
• 40 g (1/3 cup) flour
• 100 g (0,2 lb) mushrooms
• 150 g (0,35 lb) peas (cooked)
• 1 egg yolk
• 150 ml (0,25 pt) cream
• salt
• pepper
• butter (for sautéing)
• 1 tbsp chives (finely chopped)
• croutons (fried)