Lobster Farci

Ingredients

• a teacupful of sweet milk
• a teaspoonful of butter
• two of flour
• half a teacupful of grated bread crumbs
• a tablespoonful of chopped parsley
• the yolks of four hard boiled eggs
• a pound and a half of boiled lobster
• half a grated nutmeg
• salt
• cayenne

Method

1. 1

   Put a teacupful of sweet milk on to boil.

2. 2

   Rub a teaspoonful of butter with two of flour and stir into the boiling milk.

3. 3

   Take from the fire, add half a teacupful of grated bread crumbs, a tablespoonful of chopped parsley, the yolks of four hard boiled eggs mashed fine, a pound and a half of boiled lobster cut into small pieces, with half a grated nutmeg, salt and cayenne.

4. 4

   Mix all together well.

5. 5

   Have the lobster shells cleaned, cut off the under part of the shell, join the large ends of the two tail shells to the body, fill these shells with the mixture, brush the top over with beaten egg, sprinkle with grated bread crumbs.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 3 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The new Annie Dennis cook book (1905) by Annie E. Dennis, page 69. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Lobster Farci Put a teacupful of sweet milk on to boil. Rub a teaspoonful of butter with two of flour and stir into the boiling milk. Take from the fire, add half a tea- cupful of grated bread crumbs, a tablespoonful of chopped parsley, the yolks of four hard boiled eggs mashed fine, a pound and a half of boiled lobster cut into small pieces, with half a grated nutmeg, salt and cayenne

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