Fricassee of Lobster

Ingredients

• One lobster
• one gill of cream
• one gill and a half of milk
• one half tea-spoonful salt
• one quarter tea-spoonful pepper
• one grain cayenne
• one ounce and a half butter
• one half ounce flour
• the juice of half a lemon

Method

1. 1

   Boil the lobster in boiling water for 20 minutes, then remove the meat.

2. 2

   Melt butter in a saucepan, add flour, and stir well.

3. 3

   Gradually add milk and cream, stirring until boiling.

4. 4

   Add pepper, salt, and cayenne, then the lobster meat.

5. 5

   Simmer slowly for 10 minutes before serving, stirring in lemon juice.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Handbook of practical cookery (1886) by Matilda Lees Dods, page 28. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Fricassee of Lobster. — One lobster, one gill of cream, one gill and a half of milk, one half tea-spoonful salt, one quarter tea-spoonful pepper, one grain cayenne, one ounce and a half butter, the juice of half a lemon, one half ounce flour

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