Lobster Cutlets

Ingredients

• a large hen lobster
• or two small ones
• some of its coral
• a little powdered mace
• a little grated nutmeg
• salt
• pepper
• cayenne
• the yolks of two eggs
• a teaspoonful of anchovy sauce
• one pint of melted butter

Method

1. 1

   Pound lobster meat with coral, mace, nutmeg, salt, pepper, and cayenne.

2. 2

   Mix with beaten eggs and anchovy sauce.

3. 3

   Shape into cutlets, dip in egg, roll in breadcrumbs, and fry in butter.

4. 4

   Serve with melted butter.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Cook Book, by "Oscar" of the Waldorf (1896) by Oscar Tschirky, page 42. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

little grated nut- meg, pepper and salt, and stir over the fire until it is very hot. Then take it off, mix in the beaten yolk of one egg and leave until cold. Shape the lobster prepara- tion into little balls, brush over with beaten eggs, plunge them into boiling fat and fry. When they are cooked, drain and arrange them on a hot dish, garnish with fried parsley and serve. \ Curried Lobster. Take the meat from some small lobsters and place it in a saucepan with one tea- cupful each of gravy and cream, and half a blade of mace. Mix two teaspoonfuls of curry powder with one teaspoonful of flour, and one ounce of butter, put in with the lobster and simmer at the side of the fire for an hour. After it is done add some lemon juice and a little salt. Turn it on to a hot dish and serve. Lobster Cutlets. Take out the meat from a large hen lobster or two small ones, place it in a mortar with some of its coral, and pound, mixing with it a little powdered mace, grated nutmeg, salt, pepper, and cayenne ; beat the yolks of two eggs and the white of one together with a teaspoonful of anchovy sauce ; then mix them with the above ingredients. Roll out, sprinkle a little flour over, and form it into the cutlets ; dip a paste brush in beaten eggs, brush the cutlets over, roll them in breadcrumbs, and fry in boiling butter. Put one pint of melted butter

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