Hot Lobster

The Book of Household Management · Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary) · 1861
Source
The Book of Household Management
Time
Cook: 15 min Total: 15 min
Yield
4.0 – 5.0 persons
Status
success · extracted 13 days ago
Not a recipe
No
Ingredients (8)
Instructions (5)
  1. Pound the meat of the lobster to a smooth paste with the butter and seasoning, and add a few bread crumbs.
  2. Beat the eggs, and make the whole mixture into the form of a lobster.
  3. Pound the spawn, and sprinkle over it.
  4. Bake for 1/4 hour.
  5. Just before serving, lay over it the tail and body shell, with the small claws underneath, to resemble a lobster.
Original Text
HOT LOBSTER. 271. INGREDIENTS.—1 lobster, 2 oz. of butter, grated nutmeg; salt, pepper, and pounded mace, to taste; bread crumbs, 2 eggs. Mode.—Pound the meat of the lobster to a smooth paste with the butter and seasoning, and add a few bread crumbs. Beat the eggs, and make the whole mixture into the form of a lobster; pound the spawn, and sprinkle over it. Bake 1/4 hour, and just before serving, lay over it the tail and body shell, with the small claws underneath, to resemble a lobster. Time.—1/4 hour. Average cost, 2s. 6d. Seasonable at any time. Sufficient for 4 or 5 persons.
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