Stewed Lobster

Name: Stewed Lobster
Yield: For 2
Cuisine: United Kingdom
Ingredients: 1 cooked lobster (meat removed and cut in cubes, coral reserved separately); 1 cooked lobster (meat removed and cut in cubes, coral reserved separately); 1 oz. (30 g.) butter; 2 tablespoons strong stock or gravy; 2 tablespoons strong stock or gravy; 1 tablespoon soy; pinch of cayenne; salt; plenty of hot buttered toast

Preparation info

For
2

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Cookery of England

By Elisabeth Ayrton

Published 1975

About

This very highly seasoned dish was sometimes made for Victorian gentlemen in their clubs for a late supper after much drinking. It was prepared at the table over a lamp.

Ingredients

1 cooked lobster (meat removed and cut in cubes, coral reserved separately)
1 oz. (30 g.) butter

Europe
United Kingdom
Supper
Pescatarian
England

Method

Have ready all the meat from a lobster neatly cut into small cubes and slices. Put the butter into a small copper pan or chafing dish. Add the coral and stir in 2 tablespoons of strong clear stock or bouillon, 1 tablespo