Lobster Sauce

Ingredients

• One Lobster
• Two ounces of Butter
• One ounce of Flour
• Half a pint of Water
• One tablespoonful of Cream
• Half a teaspoonful of Lemon-juice
• Salt and Cayenne

Method

1. 1

   Remove the flesh from the tail and claws and cut it up into dice.

2. 2

   Take the coral, wash and dry it, pound it with one ounce of butter and rub it through a hair-sieve.

3. 3

   Put into a stewpan one ounce of butter and the flour.

4. 4

   Mix these over the fire and add half a pint of water, stir well, and boil the sauce a few minutes.

5. 5

   Then add the coral, butter, the pieces of lobster, the seasoning, and the cream.

6. 6

   Mix and warm thoroughly, and the sauce is ready.

As published

This recipe was extracted from High-class cookery recipes (1897) by Edith Nicolls Clarke, page 46. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Lobster Sauce. Ingredients. One Lobster. Two ounces of Butter. One ounce of Flour. Half a pint of Water. One tablespoonful of Cream. Half a teaspoonful of Lemon-juice. Salt and Cayenne

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