Consomé de Pollastre amb Flam

A WEDDING IN PRIORAT IS, GENERALLY, A VERY HAPPY OCCASION, WITH NO EXPENSE SPARED TO CELEBRATE THE DAY. THIS OFTEN INVOLVES KILLING A FEW HENS TO FEED THE WEDDING PARTY. AS USUAL IN CATALAN COOKING, NOTHING IS WASTED: EVEN THE UNLAID EGGS INSIDE THE POOR CHICKENS ARE TURNED INTO A FLAN — A FIRM SAVOURY CUSTARD FLAVOURED WITH JUST A SCRAPING OF NUTMEG, SITTING IN A CLEAR LIQUID FLAVOURED WITH SHERRY. THE SECRET TO MAKING THIS CONSOMMÉ AS CLEAR AS WATER IS TO TAKE THE COOKING PROCESS VERY SLO