Lobster Puffs Maine-Style

Preparation info
  • Serve

    4 to 6

    unless otherwise stated.
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Two Fat Ladies Obsessions

By Jennifer Paterson and Clarissa Dickson Wright

Published 1999

  • About

This is an excellent way of using lobster, which I learned from the locals when I was living on the East Coast of the U.S. If you don’t use lobster meat, you can just as easily use crayfish or shrimp.

Ingredients

  • 4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 tbsp baking powder
  • tsp

Method

Sift the flour, baking powder, salt, nutmeg, and thyme into a mixing bowl. Beat the egg and mix it with the milk, then stir it into the dry ingredients. Beat until a smooth batter is formed. Add the lobster meat. Leave to stand for at least 30 minutes in a cool place.

Heat clean oil to 375°F. Drop the lobster mixture from a tablespoon into the oil and fry until round and puffed out. Dra