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HOT LOBSTER
Photo: David Todd McCarty

HOT LOBSTER

7 ingredients 5 steps gutenberg
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

195
Calories
31g
Protein
6g
Fat
3g
Carbs

Counts 5 of 6 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 5 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Shrimp 100g cooked 99
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Nutmeg 1 tsp ground (2.2g) 12
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Mace not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 1 lobster
  • 2 eggs
  • 5 persons
  • nutmeg
  • salt
  • pepper
  • mace

Directions

1

271. INGREDIENTS.--1 lobster, 2 oz. of butter, grated nutmeg; salt, pepper, and pounded mace, to taste; bread crumbs, 2 eggs.

2

_Mode_.--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.

3

_Time_.--1/4 hour. _Average cost_, 2s. 6d.

4

_Seasonable_ at any time.

5

_Sufficient_ for 4 or 5 persons.

By Isabella Beeton · Recipe sourced from gutenberg

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