Curried Lobster

Ingredients

• Pick the meat from a large boiled lobster
• an onion
• a spoonful of chopped herbs
• 1 oz. butter
• a tablespoonful hot water
• a large cupful of chicken broth
• a tablespoonful of curry powder
• one of cornflour
• a teaspoonful of anchovy sauce
• the juice of one lemon

Method

1. 1

   Chop the onion and simmer with herbs, butter, and hot water for a few minutes.

2. 2

   Add chicken broth, boil for five minutes, strain, and stir in curry powder and cornflour.

3. 3

   Stew gently for ten minutes, season with anchovy sauce and lemon juice, then add the lobster.

4. 4

   Let it stand by the fire for ten minutes without boiling.

5. 5

   Serve with thin slices of fried bread.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Miss Cameron's cookery book (1898) by Ida Cameron, page 16. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Curried Lobster. Pick the meat from a large boiled lobster, and set it aside in a cool place ; chop up an onion and put it in a small saucepan with a spoonful of chopped herbs, 1 oz. butter, and a tablespoonful hot water; simmer this over the fire for a few minutes, then add a large cupful of chicken broth; boil together for five minutes, strain, and stir in a tablespoonful of curry powder, and one of cornflour, and stew gently ten minutes longer, stirring well. Season with a teaspoonful of anchovy sauce, and the juice of one lemon

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