Patties (Lobster)
Origin: Cape Town, South Africa
Source: Hildagonda J. Duckitt, 1891
Ingredients
- 1 whole lobster
- bread-crumbs, grated
- salt
- pepper
- 1 small lump butter
- sweet herbs, chopped
- 1 whole egg yolk
- lard or butter for frying
Instructions
- Chop up the lobster, including the red part and spawn.
- Mix the chopped lobster with grated bread-crumbs, salt, pepper, a small lump of butter, and chopped sweet herbs.
- Bind the mixture into a paste with the yolk of one egg.
- Shape the paste into little flat pieces.
- Fry the patties in lard or butter.