530. Lobster Curry

The Modern Housewife · Soyer, Alexis · 1849
Source
The Modern Housewife
Time
Cook: 30 min Total: 30 min
Status
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Ingredients (7)
Instructions (13)
  1. Break the shell of the lobster and take out the flesh in as large pieces as possible.
  2. Cut the tail into about six pieces, and the claws of a proportionate size.
  3. Cut two onions into small slices.
  4. Put the sliced onions into a stewpan with an ounce of butter.
  5. Fry the onions until of a light yellow color.
  6. Mix in a good tablespoonful of mild curry paste (or half powder and half paste).
  7. Add a pint of good broth.
  8. Boil the mixture over the fire until it becomes a little thickish.
  9. Put in the lobster and stir the whole round.
  10. Cover the stewpan closely and put it into a moderate oven for half an hour.
  11. Add the juice of half a lemon.
  12. Serve with rice separately.
  13. If no oven, it may be very gradually stewed over a slow fire, in which case it might want moistening occasionally.
Original Text
530. Lobster Curry.—Procure a large boiled lobster, break the shell, and take out the flesh in as large pieces as possible, cutting the tail into about six pieces, and the claws of a proportionate size; then cut two onions into small slices, which put into a stewpan, with an ounce of butter, fry them of a light yellow color, then mix in a good tablespoonful of mild curry paste (or half powder and half paste), and add a pint of good broth, then boil it up over the fire until becoming a little thickish, when put in the lobster, stir the whole round, then cover the stewpan closely, and put it into a moderate oven half an hour, by which time the curry would be of a proper consistency, and the lobster very delicately tender, add the juice of half a lemon, and serve with rice separately. If no oven it may be very gradually stewed over a slow fire, in which case it might want moistening occasionally.
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