Shellfish

Name: Shellfish
Ingredients: ½ pt. thick sauce—made with ½ milk and ½ stock made by simmering prawn or lobster shells; ½ pt. thick sauce—made with ½ milk and ½ stock made by simmering prawn or lobster shells; 2 tablesp. thick mayonnaise seasoning; ½ pt. thick sauce—made with ½ milk and ½ stock made by simmering prawn or lobster shells; ½ pt. thick sauce—made with ½ milk and ½ stock made by simmering prawn or lobster shells; 1 large flaked lobster or about 1¼ pt. picked prawns; 1 large flaked lobster or about 1¼ pt. picked prawns

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Mrs Beeton's All About Cookery

By Isabella Beeton

Published 1871

About

Ingredients

½ pt. thick sauce—made with ½ milk and ½ stock made by simmering prawn or lobster shell

Gluten-free
Pescatarian

Method

Mix well together, and if wished add 1–2 chopped gherkins and capers. Garnish with whole prawns.