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Dressed Lobster

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United Kingdom

Known as a British recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.

Ingredients 5 ingredients

  1. one ounce of salt
  2. Butter
  3. Salad oil
  4. Rub
  5. Water
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Cook safely

Keep children and pets away from the hob and the oven, and keep oven gloves and a lid within reach.

  • Boiling water and steam. Turn pan handles inward, away from the edge of the hob. Lift lids away from you, and pour hot water away from your body: steam burns too.

Method

  1. Lobsters which are light in weight for their size are in poor condition and watery.
  2. The heavier the lobster the better its condition.
  3. Medium sized lobsters are best.
  4. Have ready a saucepan quite large enough to hold the lobster, and put in sufficient water to well cover it.
  5. Salt the water with one ounce of salt to each quart.
  6. When the water is quite boiling, drop the lobster in and boil quickly from twenty to forty minutes according to size.
  7. Skim well during the boiling.
  8. When cooked take it up at once or the flesh will become stringy.
  9. Rub the shell over with a little salad oil or butter, then wipe it.
  10. This brightens the colour of the shell.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Saucepan
  • Slotted spoon