Lobster Paste

The Experienced English Housekeeper · Elizabeth Raffald · 1784
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The Experienced English Housekeeper
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Ingredients (7)
paste ingredients
assembly
Instructions (9)
  1. Take the meat out of the claws and belly of a boiled lobster.
  2. Put it in a marble mortar.
  3. Add two blades of mace, a little white pepper and salt, and a lump of butter the size of half an egg.
  4. Beat them all together till they come to a paste.
  5. Put one half of the paste into your pot.
  6. Take the meat out of the tail part and lay it in the middle of your pot.
  7. Lay the other half of your paste on top of the tail meat.
  8. Press it close down.
  9. Pour over clarified butter, a quarter of an inch thick.
Original Text
TAKE the meat out of the claws and belly of a boiled lobster, put it in a marble mortar, with two blades of mace, a little white pepper and salt, a lump of butter the size of half an egg, beat them all together till they come to a paste, put one half of it into your pot, take the meat out of the tail part, lay it in the middle of your pot, lay on it the other half of your paste, press it close down, pour over it clarified butter, a quarter of an inch thick.—N. B.
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