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Lobster Cutlets

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From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 12 ingredients
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Lobster Cutlets

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Place the lobster on a chopping board and break the shell with the flat side of a chopper.

  2. Remove the shell and claws, then cut the flesh into ¼-inch cubes.

  3. Remove the coral from the lobster and place it in a mortar with 1 ounce of butter.

  4. Work the coral and butter together until well combined.

  5. Rub the mixture through a sieve with a wooden spoon to make a puree.

  6. Put the puree into a basin of cold water.

  7. In a clean saucepan, mix 1½ ounces of flour with ½ ounce of butter using a wooden spoon.

  8. Add ½ cup of cold water and stir until thickened and boiling.

  9. Stir in 1 tablespoon of cream until smooth, then remove from heat.

  10. Gradually mix in the coral butter until the sauce is smooth.

  11. Season with pepper, coarse sea salt, cayenne, and lemon juice, mixing thoroughly.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Lemon + parsleytop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together14,037 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-phellandrene (minty, terpene).

  2. Pepper + parsleytop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together34,122 recipes

    Shared aroma: 4'-methylacetophenone (bitter almond).

  3. Pepper + lemontop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together27,047 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

  4. Lobster + creamtop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,050 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

  5. Butter + breadtop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together27,232 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

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