Lobster Bisque

Preparation info
    • Difficulty

      Medium

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By Fannie Merritt Farmer

Published 1896

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Ingredients

  • 2 lb. lobster.
  • 2 cups cold water.
  • 4 cups

Method

Remove meat from lobster shell. Add cold water to body bones and tough end of claws, cut in pieces; bring slowly to boiling point, and cook twenty minutes. Drain, reserve liquor, and thicken with butter and flour cooked together. Scald milk with tail meat of lobster, finely chopped; strain, and add to liquor. Season with salt and cayenne; then add tender claw meat, cut in dice, and body meat. W