Shrimps a la Creole

Ingredients

• one-half tablespoon of butter
• the same quantity of lard
• a tablespoon of brown flour
• a dozen large shrimps
• a large chopped onion
• a cup of chopped tomatoes
• thyme, and parsley to taste
• three chopped green peppers
• salt and cayenne

Method

1. 1

   Melt butter and lard in a stewpan, add brown flour and stir until smooth.

2. 2

   Fry shrimps and onion for five minutes, then add tomatoes, thyme, and parsley.

3. 3

   Simmer for half an hour, then add green peppers, salt, and cayenne, and cook for another half hour.

As published

This recipe was extracted from A bachelors cupboard (1906) by A. Lyman Phillips, page 26. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

one-half tablespoon of butter with the CREOLE same quantity of lard In a stewpan, then add a tablespoon of brown flour and stir until smooth. A dozen large shrimps boiled and shelled and a large chopped onion are fried for five minutes, after which a cup of chopped tomatoes, thyme, and parsley to taste are added and the whole Is simmered half an hour. Then come three chopped green peppers, salt and cay- en

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