Lobster (a la mode francaise).

Ingredients:- 1 lobster, 4 tablespoonfuls of
white stock, 2 tablespoonfuls of cream, pounded
mace, and cayenne to taste; bread
crumbs.

Mode:- Pick the meat from the shell, and cut
it up into small square pieces; put the stock,
cream, and seasoning into a stewpan, add the
lobster, and let it simmer gently for 6 minutes.
Serve it in the shell, which must be nicely cleaned,
and have a border of puff-paste;
cover it with bread crumbs, place small pieces of
butter over, and brown before the fire,
or with a salamander.

Time. 1/4 hour.