Lobster Patties

Ingredients

• Pick the meat out of one or two Lobsters
• about 2 oz. of butter
• half its bulk of finely-grated breadcrumb
• the beaten yolk of one egg
• a small quantity of white wine

Method

1. 1

   Chop lobster finely, mix with breadcrumbs, butter, and seasonings.

2. 2

   Bind with egg and wine.

3. 3

   Make puff pastry, fill with lobster mixture, and bake.

4. 4

   Serve garnished with fried parsley.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The encyclopaedia of practical cookery (1892) by Theodore Francis Garrett, William A. Rawson, page 373. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Lobster Patties. — (1) Pick the meat out of one or two Lobsters, and chop it very finely with the spawn ; mix with it half its bulk of finely-grated breadcrumb, about 2oz. of butter, and season to taste with salt, pepper, and a small quantity of sweet herbs. Bind the mixture to a smooth paste with the beaten yolk of one egg and a small quantity of white wine

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