Boiled Haddock with Lobster Sauce

Ingredients

• a haddock
• one tablespoonful of salt
• a small lobster
• one ounce of butter
• three ounces of butter
• two tablespoonfuls of flour
• two tablespoonfuls of lemon juice
• a small quantity of cayenne
• one pint of boiling water

Method

1. 1

   Wash the haddock, place in boiling water with salt, and boil gently for about half an hour.

2. 2

   Prepare lobster by picking out the flesh and pounding the coral with butter.

3. 3

   Mix butter and flour in a saucepan, add pounded coral, lemon juice, and cayenne.

4. 4

   Gradually stir in boiling water and cook for ten minutes.

5. 5

   Strain, add lobster pieces, and boil once.

6. 6

   Serve the fish on a hot dish with sauce.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Cook Book, by "Oscar" of the Waldorf (1896) by Oscar Tschirky, page 13. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Boiled Haddock with Lobster Sauce. Wash the fish, then place it in a fishkettlc with boiling water to cover, add one tablespoonful of salt, and boil gently for about half an hour. Pick out the flesh of a small lobster and cut it into little pieces; put the coral in a mortar with one ounce of butter, and pound it. Place three ounces of butter in a small saucepan, with two tablespoonfuls of flour, and mix together over the fire until well incorporated; then put in the pounded coral, and season with two tablespoonfuls of lemon juice and a small quantity of cayenne. Pour in gradually one pint of boiling water, and stir it over the fire for ten minutes. Strain the sauce, return it to the saucepan, put in the pieces of lobster, and boil it up once. When cooked drain the fish, being careful not FISH. 6i to break it; place it on a hot dish, baste with a little of the sauce, and serve the balance in a sauceboat. ., Broiled Haddock. Clean and wash a fresh haddock, dry it on a cloth, rub it with vinegar, and sprinkle it with flour; place a well greased gridiron over a clear Are, and broil for about fifteen minutes, turning frequently. When done place it on a dish, and serve with shrimp or anchovy sauce. Fried Fillets of Haddock. Skin and clean a haddock

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