Lobster in Shells

Ingredients

• a pound and a half of boiled lobster
• the yolks of four hard boiled eggs
• half a grated nutmeg
• salt
• cayenne
• beaten egg
• grated bread crumbs

Method

1. 1

   Mix the chopped parsley, yolks of hard boiled eggs, boiled lobster, nutmeg, salt, and cayenne together.

2. 2

   Clean the lobster shells, fill them with the mixture, brush the top with beaten egg, sprinkle with bread crumbs, and bake in a hot oven for twenty minutes to brown.

3. 3

   Serve hot in the shells, garnished with parsley.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 2 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.

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. Mix all together well. 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 wuth beaten eggy sprinkle with grated bread crumbs

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