Hot Lobster
Origin: London, England
Source: Isabella Beeton, 1861
Ingredients
- 1 lobster
- 2 oz butter, grated nutmeg
- salt
- pepper, and pounded mace
- to taste
- bread crumbs
- 2 eggs
Instructions
- Pound the meat of the lobster to a smooth paste with the butter and seasoning, and add a few bread crumbs.
- Beat the eggs, and make the whole mixture into the form of a lobster;
- pound the spawn, and sprinkle over it.
- Bake 1/4 hour, and just before serving, lay over it the tail and body shell, with the small claws underneath, to resemble a lobster.