Mrs Beetons Fish Recipes Revisited
Lobster Curry
(an Entree)
1 Lobster
285ml (½ pint) Medium Stock
2 Onions
½ Lemon, juice only
25g (1oz) Butter
1 tbsp Curry Powder
Pick the meat from the shell and cut it into squares
Fry the onions in the butter to a pale brown colour.
Stir in the curry powder and stock and simmer until it thickens.
Add the lobster
Simmer gently for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally
Add the lemon juice, just before serving.
Serve boiled rice with it, the same as for other curries.
Time: Altogether, 45 minutes.
Seasonable at any time.
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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