Two 1 1/2-pound lobsters
1 teaspoon dry mustard
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1 tablespoon chopped parsley
1/2 teaspoon oregano
1/2 teaspoon salt
4 tablespoons olive oil
2 tablespoons melted butter
3 tablespoons bread crumbs
Lemon wedges

Split the lobsters lengthwise, remove black vein and sack.

Place in a greased baking dish, shell side down.

Mix together the mustard, pepper, parsley, oregano, salt, 2 tablespoons oil and the melted butter and spread on the lobster meat.

Sprinkle with the bread crumbs and remaining olive oil and bake in a 375 degree oven 20 minutes.

Serve with lemon wedges.

Serves: 2-4

The recipe in this entry was taken from "The Pleasures of Italian Cooking" by Romeo Salta, with an Introduction by Myra Waldo, photographs by Roberto Caramico, assisted by John Ciofalo. The book was published in New York by The MacMillan Company in 1962. For the complete copyright-free cook book visit www.archive.org.... Image: Courtesy of the New York Public Digital Library.

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