Lobster a l'Américaine

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cupfuls of lobster meat
• 1 slightly heaping tablespoonful of butter
• 1 tablespoonful of minced onion
• 1 tablespoonful of flour
• 1 cupful of thick strained tomato
• 2 tablespoonfuls of sherry

Method

1. 1

   Cook butter and onion until yellow, add flour, then gradually add tomato, seasoning to taste.

2. 2

   Add lobster and cook over hot water for ten minutes.

3. 3

   Stir in sherry before serving.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from 365 tasty dishes (1906), page 16. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Lobster a rAmericaine. From a freshly-boiled lobster remove and dice sufficient meat to measure i}i cupfuls. 56 April In a saucepan put i slightly heaping table- spoonful of butter and i tablespoonful of minced onion, cover and cook at the side of the fire until yellow. Stir in i tablespoonful of flour, cook for three minutes, and then add gradually i cupful of thick strained tomato, salt and paprika or cayenne to taste. Add the lobster, stand over hot water and cook for ten minutes. Add 2 tablespoonfuls of sherry

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