Lobster Sandwich

Ingredients

• an ounce or two of butter
• crushing the shell and feelers of a cooked lobster
• 2oz. more of butter
• the flesh of the lobster
• some mayonnaise
• brown bread

Method

1. 1

   Prepare some red or lobster butter by crushing the shell and feelers of a cooked lobster with an ounce or two of butter until it becomes a fine paste.

2. 2

   Add gradually the coral if at hand, season with salt and coralline pepper, and gradually add 2oz. more of butter.

3. 3

   Stir over a slow fire until it reddens and clears, then rub through a fine hair sieve into iced water.

4. 4

   Skim off, melt again in a warm basin, and work into it four more ounces of fresh butter.

5. 5

   Chop the lobster flesh, season with salt, lemon juice or chilli vinegar, mix with some mayonnaise, and spread on brown bread previously spread with the red butter.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Salads, sandwiches, and savouries (1901) by S. Beaty-Pownall, page 17. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Lobster Sandwich. — Prepare some red or lobster butter by crushing the shell and feelers of a cooked lobster with an ounce or two of butter, till you get it all to a fine paste, adding gradually the coral if at hand, with a good seasoning of salt and coralline pepper, and gradually 2oz. more of butter. Then stir this over a slow fire till it reddens and clears, when you rub it through a fine hair sieve into iced water, on the surface of which it hardens. Now skim it off, melt it again in a warm basin, and work into it four more ounces of fresh butter, and leave it in a cold larder till firm and well coloured. This D 2 36 SALADS, SANDWICHES, &c. is tlie French method of making heurre rouge (which can also be made with prawn, shrimp, or crayfish shells in the same way), but there is a somewhat unconscientious tendency with many cooks to replace this troublesome process by using simply coralhne butter, which, as far as appearance goes, betrays very little difference. Now chop ujd the flesh of the lobster, seasoning it to taste with salt, a few drops of lemon juice or chilli vinegar, mixing it with some mayonnaise, and spread this mixture on brown bread

Cook this with the app: pantry check, scaling, and the assistant.