Page:The Boston cooking-school cook book.djvu/231

From Wikisource
Jump to navigation Jump to search
This page needs to be proofread.
WAYS OF COOKING SHELLFISH
187

Buttered Lobster

2 lb. lobster Salt and pepper 3 tablespoons butter Lemon juice Remove lobster meat from shell and chop slightly. Melt butter, add lobster, and when heated, season and serve garnished with lobster claws.

Scalloped Lobster

2 lb. lobster Vs teaspoon salt 1143 cups White Sauce IT - Few grains cayenne 2 teaspoons lemon juice

Remove lobster meat from shell and cut in cubes. Heat in White Sauce and add seasonings. Refill lobster shells, cover with buttered crumbs, and bake until crumbs are brown. To prevent lobster shells from curling over lobster while baking, insert small wooden skewers of sufficient length to keep shell in its original shape. ‘To assist in preserving color of shell, brush over with olive oil before putting into oven. Scalloped lobster may be baked in buttered peallop shells, or in a buttered baking dish.

Devilled Lobster

Scalloped lobster highly seasoned is served as Devilled Lobster. .Use larger proportions of same seasonings, with the addition of mustard.

Curried Lobster

Prepare as Scalloped Lobster, adding to flour one-haif teaspoon curry powder when making White Sauce.

Lobster Farci

1 cup chopped lobster meat . Slight grating nutmeg Yolks 2 “ hard-boiled ” eggs 14 cup buttered crumbs ig tablespoon chopped parsley Salt. 1 cup White Sauce I | Pepper

To lobster meat add yolks of eggs rubbed to a paste, parsley, sauce, and seasonings to taste. Fill lobster shells, cover with buttered crumbs, and bake until crumbs are brown.