271. Lobster Sauce

The Modern Housewife · Soyer, Alexis · 1849

Source: The Modern Housewife
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Ingredients (8)

twelve tablespoonfuls of melted butter ↝ Butter, stick, unsalted [Dairy and Egg Products]
a small-sized lobster ↝ Lobster [Shellfish]
a quarter of a pound of lobster butter with the spawn, as directed ↝ Lobster [Shellfish]
a little essence of anchovies ↝ Fish, anchovy [Fish]
the juice of half a lemon ↝ Lemon, raw [Citrus fruits]
a quarter of a saltspoonful of cayenne pepper ↝ Spices, pepper, red or cayenne [Spices and Herbs]
the flesh of the lobster ↝ Potatoes, flesh and skin, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
live spawn

Instructions (9)

Put twelve tablespoonfuls of melted butter in a stewpan.
Cut up a small-sized lobster into dice.
Make a quarter of a pound of lobster butter with the spawn, as directed.
When the melted butter is upon the point of boiling, add the lobster butter.
Stir the sauce round over the fire until the butter is melted.
Season with a little essence of anchovies, the juice of half a lemon, and a quarter of a saltspoonful of cayenne pepper.
Pass it through a tammy into another stewpan, and add the flesh of the lobster.
When hot, it is ready to serve where required.
This sauce must be quite red; if no red spawn in the lobster, use live spawn.

Original Text

271. Lobster Sauce.—Put twelve tablespoonfuls of melted butter in a stewpan, cut up a small-sized lobster into dice, make a quarter of a pound of lobster butter with the spawn, as directed; when the melted butter is upon the point of boiling, add the lobster butter, stir the sauce round over the fire until the butter is melted, season with a little essence of anchovies, the juice of half a lemon, and a quarter of a saltspoonful of cayenne pepper; pass it through a tammy into another stewpan, and add the flesh of the lobster; when hot, it is ready to serve where required. This sauce must be quite red; if no red spawn in the lobster, use live spawn.

Notes

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