Lobster Sauce

Ingredients

• One small lobster
• four tablespoonfuls of butter
• two of flour
• one-fifth of a teaspoonful of cayenne
• two tablespoonfuls of lemon-juice
• one pint of boiling water

Method

1. 1

   Cut the meat into dice.

2. 2

   Pound the coral with one tablespoonful of butter.

3. 3

   Rub the flour and the remainder of the butter to a smooth paste.

4. 4

   Add the water, pounded coral, and butter, and the seasoning.

5. 5

   Simmer five minutes, then strain on the lobster.

6. 6

   Boil up once and serve.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The universal cookery book (1887) by Gertrude Strohm, page 12. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

LOBSTER SAUCE. Lobster Sauce. One small lobster, four tablespoonfuls of butter, two of flour, one-fifth of a teaspoonful of cayenne, two tablespoonfuls of lemon-juice, one pint of boiling water

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