Lobster Curry

The Book of Household Management · Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary) · 1861

Source: The Book of Household Management
Time: Cook: 30 min Total: 45 min
Status: success · extracted 13 days ago
Not a recipe: No

Ingredients (6)

curry

1 lobster ↝ Lobster [Shellfish]
2 onions ↝ Onions, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
1 oz. butter ↝ Butter, stick, unsalted [Dairy and Egg Products]
1 tablespoonful of curry-powder ↝ Spices, curry powder [Spices and Herbs]
1/2 pint of medium stock, No. 105
the juice of 1/2 lemon ↝ Lemon juice, raw [Fruits and Fruit Juices]

Instructions (7)

Pick the meat from the shell, and cut it into nice square pieces
Fry the onions of a pale brown in the butter
Stir in the curry-powder and stock, and simmer till it thickens
Put in the lobster
Stew the whole slowly for 1/2 hour, and stir occasionally
Just before sending to table, put in the lemon-juice
Serve boiled rice with it, the same as for other curries

Original Text

LOBSTER CURRY (an Entree).

274. INGREDIENTS.—1 lobster, 2 onions, 1 oz. butter, 1 tablespoonful of curry-powder, 1/2 pint of medium stock, No. 105, the juice of 1/2 lemon.

Mode.—Pick the meat from the shell, and cut it into nice square pieces; fry the onions of a pale brown in the butter, stir in the curry-powder and stock, and simmer till it thickens, when put in the lobster; stew the whole slowly for 1/2 hour, and stir occasionally; and just before sending to table, put in the lemon-juice. Serve boiled rice with it, the same as for other curries.

Time.—Altogether, 3/4 hour. Average cost, 3s.

Seasonable at any time.

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