Curry Eggs

Ingredients

• six eggs hard
• two tablespoons butter or olive oil
• a large sliced onion
• a large sliced apple
• a cup either milk, cream, water or stock
• a dessert-spoon strong curry-powder
• the beaten yolk of an egg

Method

1. 1

   Cut each egg into four slices.

2. 2

   Heat butter or oil in a frying-pan, add onion and apple, fry until browned.

3. 3

   Add milk or stock mixed with curry powder, simmer for ten minutes, thicken with beaten yolk.

4. 4

   Arrange sliced eggs in a dish, pour curry over them, or stew them in it for a few minutes.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The new practical housekeeping (1890) by Estelle Woods Wilcox, page 168. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

six eggs hard, cut them into slices, yolk and white together, warm up for five minutes, and serve very hot. Another excellent recipe : Cut each egg into four slices ; put two tablespoons butter or olive oil into a frying-pan, and when well heatea throw into it a large sliced onion and apple ; fry briskly till well browned ; add a cup either milk, cream, water or stock in which has been mixed a dessert-spoon strong curry-powder ; simmer about ten minutes and thicken with the beaten yolk of an egg

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