Curried Lobster

Ingredients

• the meat from some small lobsters
• one teacupful of gravy
• one teacupful of cream
• half a blade of mace
• two teaspoonfuls of curry powder
• one teaspoonful of flour
• one ounce of butter
• some lemon juice
• a little salt

Method

1. 1

   Combine lobster meat with gravy, cream, and mace.

2. 2

   Mix curry powder with flour and butter, add to lobster, and simmer for an hour.

3. 3

   Add lemon juice and salt, then serve.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Cook Book, by "Oscar" of the Waldorf (1896) by Oscar Tschirky, page 42. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

a tea- cupful of cream. Stir the mixture while it is boiling and let it cook for ten minutes. Wash the body shell of the lobster and dry well, then pour the mixture into it Place the lobster on a fancy dish and serve it while very hot. I02 SHELL-FISH. Lobster Croquettes. Carefully pick the meat from a lobster, mince finely, and mix it with one heaped teaspoonful of finely grated breadcrumbs, two tablespoonfuls of thick cream, the strained juice of one lemon, one teaspoonful of anchovy sauce, a little grated nut- meg, pepper and salt, and stir over the fire until it is very hot. Then take it off, mix in the beaten yolk of one egg and leave until cold. Shape the lobster prepara- tion into little balls, brush over with beaten eggs, plunge them into boiling fat and fry. When they are cooked, drain and arrange them on a hot dish, garnish with fried parsley and serve. \ Curried Lobster. Take the meat from some small lobsters and place it in a saucepan with one tea- cupful each of gravy and cream, and half a blade of mace. Mix two teaspoonfuls of curry powder with one teaspoonful of flour, and one ounce of butter, put in with the lobster and simmer at the side of the fire for an hour. After it is done add some lemon juice and a little salt

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