Lobster in Mayonnaise - Pastry

Ingredients

• 1 lobster
• 1 cup minced celery
• 1 cup mayonnaise dressing
• 1 cup shred lettuce
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 3 tablespoons vinegar
• 1 teaspoon made mustard
• Salt
• cayenne
• 2 hard-boiled eggs

Method

1. 1

   Take the meat out of a large lobster and keep the handsomest pieces separate.

2. 2

   Shake them in a pan with a little oil and vinegar.

3. 3

   Cut the remaining lobster meat small, mince the celery, and mix both with oil, vinegar, mustard, cayenne, and salt.

4. 4

   Press into a mold, prepare a border of lettuce, turn out the lobster mixture, cover with mayonnaise, and garnish with lobster pieces and quartered eggs.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Cooking for profit (1886) by Jessup Whitehead, page 107. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

— Lobster in Mayonaise— Pastry. 1 lobster. 1 cup minced celery. 1 cup mayonaise dressing. 1 cup shred lettuce. 2 tablespoons olive oil. 3 tablespoons vinegar. 1 teaspoon made mustard. Salt and caj'enne. 2 hard-boiled eggs. Take the meat out of a large lobster and keep the handsomest pieces of red meat separate after trimming all to a uniform size. Shake them about in a pan with a little oil and vinegar to mois- ten them. Cut the other portion of the lobster meat small, without mincing it, bnt mince the celery fine and mix both together along with a little oil vinegar COOKING FOR PROFIT, 101 and mnstard, and pinch of cayenne

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