Lobster Sauce

Ingredients

• one small lobster
• four tablespoons of butter
• two tablespoons of flour
• one-fifth of a tablespoon of cayenne
• two tablespoons of lemon juice
• one pint of boiling water

Method

1. 1

   Cut lobster meat into dice.

2. 2

   Pound the coral with butter, rub flour and butter to a paste, add water and coral, season, simmer for 5 minutes, strain over lobster, boil, and serve.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Home dissertations (1891) by Tilton, E. Stevens Mrs., page 111. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

one tablespoon of flour, and nearly one cup of milk ; before putting in the milk, mix the butter and flour thoroughly with a wooden spoon ; then add the milk or the same quantity of water, a teaspoon of salt and a little white pepper. Set this over the fire, and stir it continually till nearly boiling. This is melted butter, or drawn-butter, as it is called in the language of the kitchen ; being the basis of a number of sauces, its preparation is important. 124 HOME DISSERTATIONS. EGG SAUCE. Two hard-boiled eggs chopped fine, and added to hot drawn butter. This is an excel- lent sauce for fish. It is also good on potatoes, and one of which children are very fond. HOLLANDAISE SAUCE. Half a teacup of butter, the juice of half a lemon, the yolks of two eggs, a speck of cayenne, half a cup of boiling water, half a teaspoon of salt. Beat the butter to a cream ; then add the yolks, one by one, the lemon juice, pepper and salt. Place the bowl in which these are mixed in a saucepan of boiling water. Beat with an egg-beater until the sauce begins to thicken, it will take about a minute, and add the boiling water, beating all the time. When like a soft custard it is done. The bowl, if thin, must be kept over the fire only about five minutes, provided the water boils all the time. The sauce should be poured around meat or fish when it is on the dish. LOBSTER SAUCE. One small lobster, four tablespoons of butter, two of flour, one-fifth of a tablespoon of cayenne, two tablespoons of lemon juice, one pint of boiling water

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