Baked Lobster

Ingredients

• 1 small lobster
• 2 oz. bread-crumbs
• 1 oz. butter
• 1 gill milk or fish stock
• 1 gill double cream
• A squeeze of lemon juice
• 1 white of egg
• Cardinal sauce

Method

1. 1

   Pick all the meat from a boiled lobster and reserve the coral for the sauce.

2. 2

   Chop the meat finely, mix with bread-crumbs and butter.

3. 3

   Heat the milk and pour over the mixture, soak for 10 minutes.

4. 4

   Whip the cream until stiff and beat the egg white.

5. 5

   Stir both into the mixture, season, pour into a greased souffle mould, cover, and steam until firm.

6. 6

   Turn out onto a hot dish and pour cardinal sauce around.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Cookery for every household (1914) by Florence B. Jack, page 173. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Baked Lobster hot, garnished with parsley and small slices of lemon. Note. — This dish may be made with tinned lobster, a fireproof dish being used instead of the lobster shell. Time to bake, about 20 minutes. Sufficient for 4 or 5 persons. 306. Broiled Lobster Kill the lobster (see p. 107) and cut it in halves lengthwise. Remove the intestines and place the pieces on a well-greased broiler, with the cut side uppermost. Cook over a clear fire about 10 minutes, then baste the flesh with a little melted butter, and turn the pieces over. Cook again about 10 minutes, when the lobster should be sufficiently cooked. Season with pepper and salt, crack the claws and arrange the pieces neatly on a very hot dish. Serve melted butter (Recipe 691) separately. Note.— Small or medium-sized lobsters are best for broiling. 307. Roast Lobster Prepare the lobster in the same way as for broiling, and place it on a roasting tin with tho flesh side uppermost. Cook it in a good oven from 20 to 30 minutes according to size, and baste it frequently with oil or melted butter. Season it with pepper and salt, crack the big claws before serving, and garnish with parsley and cut lemon. 308. Lobster Cream, Hot (Creme de Homard) 1 small lobster. 2 oz. bread-crumbs. 1 oz. butter. 1 gill milk or fish stock. 1 gill double cream. Pepper, salt. A squeeze of lemon juice. 1 white of egg. Cardinal sauce

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