Lobster Pie

Ingredients

• 1 Tinned Lobster (small)
• 1 oz. Flour
• 2 ozs. Butter
• 1 Pint Milk
• 1 Yolk of Egg
• 2 Tablespoonfuls of Parsley
• 1 Egg (hard boiled)
• Pepper
• Salt
• Nutmeg
• Cayenne
• Lemon juice to taste
• 2 Tablespoonfuls of Bread crumbs

Method

1. 1

   Cut up lobster into a pie dish and season with salt, pepper, and squeeze of lemon juice.

2. 2

   Melt butter in a saucepan, add flour, put in milk by degrees.

3. 3

   Add nutmeg and cayenne to taste and drop in the yolk of egg.

4. 4

   Pour over the lobster this sauce now made, cover with breadcrumbs, put little bits of butter on the top and bake in a hot oven for ten minutes.

5. 5

   Pass the yolk of the hard boiled egg through a sieve; chop white finely, and ornament top of pie with these and parsley.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Evans' recipe cookery book (1900), page 8. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

LOBSTER PIE. Ingredients. i Tinned Lobster (small). 1 oz. Flour. 2 ozs. Butter. \ Pint Milk. 1 Yolk of Egg. 2 Tablespoonfuls of Parsley, i Egg (hard boiled). Pepper. Salt. Nutmeg. Cayenne. Lemon juice to taste. 2 Tablespoonfuls of Bread crumbs

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