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Lobster Cream

A historical recipe from A guide to modern cookery, by Escoffier, A. (Auguste) (1907).

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A historical recipe

A guide to modern cookery, by Escoffier, A. (Auguste) (1907). Project Gutenberg eBook #71395.

From an old book: a historical recipe, not current advice. Its methods, additives and storage may be unsafe by today's standards.

France

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

Ingredients 3 ingredients

  1. four oz. of lobster trimmings
  2. three tablespoonfuls of fresh cream
  3. two oz. of softened butter

Method

  1. Pound four oz.
  2. of lobster trimmings, spawn, and coral, and add thereto three tablespoonfuls of fresh cream and two oz.
  3. of softened butter.
  4. Rub through a sieve, and complete the preparation with whisked cream, as above.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Whisk
  • Sieve
Source Public domain in the USA
Credit

From A guide to modern cookery, by Escoffier, A. (Auguste) (1907). Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #71395 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/71395). Public domain in the USA; its status may differ elsewhere.

What was changed: As printed, from the book's text; Project Gutenberg's header and licence removed. Ingredient lines were read out of the text by a program. A historical recipe, not current advice.