Lobster Patties

Ingredients

• a large teaspoonful of flour
• two of butter
• a gill of cream or milk
• a teaspoonful of the pounded coral
• a teaspoonful of anchovy sauce
• the yolk of an egg
• a teaspoonful of cold milk

Method

1. 1

   Pick out the firm white flesh of a hen lobster and cut it into small dice.

2. 2

   In a saucepan, combine flour and butter, let them bubble, then add cream or milk and stir until smooth.

3. 3

   Add pounded coral and anchovy sauce, boil for 2-3 minutes.

4. 4

   Beat the egg yolk with cold milk, stir it in gradually, then add lobster meat.

5. 5

   Heat until boiling point but do not boil.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Catherine Owen's new cook book .. (1885) by Helen Alice (Matthews) Nitsch, page 88. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

LOBSTER PATTIES. Pick out the firm white flesh of a hen lobster ; cut it into small dice. Put a large teaspoonful of flour and two of butter into a saucepan on the stove ; let them bub- ble ; pour to it a gill of cream or milk ; stir till smooth ; then add a teaspoonful of the pounded coral to make a bright pink sauce, and a teaspoonful of anchovy «auce, if you have it ; take it from the fire when it has boiled two or three minutes ; beat the yolk of an ^gg with a teaspoonful of cold milk

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