Lobster Curry

Ingredients

• Put 1/2 cup of butter in a frying-pan
• 2 tablespoons of flour
• 1 heaping salt-spoon of curry powder
• gradually add 1/2 pint of hot water
• season with salt to taste
• Chop coarsely the meat and fat of a medium-sized lobster

Method

1. 1

   Put 1/2 cup of butter in a frying-pan, and when melted, stir into it 2 tablespoons of flour and 1 heaping salt-spoon of curry powder; stir constantly until it is brown; then gradually add 1/2 pint of hot water, stirring rapidly until it thickens; season with salt to taste.

2. 2

   Chop coarsely the meat and fat of a medium-sized lobster, and add it to the curry sauce; simmer 5 or 6 minutes, or until it is quite hot; if onion is liked, rub the hot platter with a raw onion; place on the platter slices of nicely-toasted bread, and pour the curried lobster over the toast.

3. 3

   Serve hot.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The household cook book (1902) by Smiley, James B[ethuel],, page 63. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

LOBSTER CURRY.— Put | cup of butter in a frying-pan, and when melted, stir into it 2 tablespoons of flour and 1 heaping salt- spoon of curry powder; stir constantly until it is brown; then gradu- ally add ^ pint of hot water, stirring rapidly until it thickens; season with salt to taste. Chop coarsely the meat and fat of a medium^sized lobster

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