Lobsters to pot

New system of domestic cookery, forme... · Rundell, Maria Eliza Ketelby · 1806
Source
New system of domestic cookery, formed upon principles of economy, and adapted to the use of private families
Time
Cook: 30 min Total: 30 min
Status
success · extracted 13 days ago
Not a recipe
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Ingredients (9)
Lobster preparation
Instructions (12)
  1. Boil the lobsters half, pick out the meat, and cut into small bits.
  2. Season the lobster meat with mace, white pepper, nutmeg, and salt.
  3. Press the seasoned lobster meat close into a pot.
  4. Cover the lobster meat with butter.
  5. Bake for half an hour.
  6. Add the spawn.
  7. When cold, take the lobster out.
  8. With a little of the butter, put the lobster into the pots.
  9. Beat the other butter in a mortar with some of the spawn.
  10. Mix that coloured butter with as much as will be sufficient to cover the pots.
  11. Strain the mixture.
  12. Add Cayenne if approved.
Original Text
Lobsters to pot. Boil them half, pick out the meat, cut into small bits: season with mace, white pepper, nutmeg, and salt: press close into a pot and cover with butter: bake half an hour: put the spawn in. When cold, take the lobster out, and with a little of the butter put it into the pots. Beat the other butter in a mortar with some of the spawn; then mix that coloured butter with as much as will be sufficient to cover the pots, and strain it. Cayenne may be added, if approved.
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