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Homard à la Crème (Lobster with Cream Sauce)

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Preparation time: 5 minutes
Cooking time: about 12 minutes
To serve: 2

You will need

1 freshly cooked lobster, about 1 lb
2 oz. butter
2 oz. button mushrooms, sliced
2 tablespoons brandy
2 tablespoons dry Madeira or sherry
salt and cayenne pepper
¼ pint (U.S. ⅝ cup) thick cream

Twist off the claws and with a large sharp knife split the lobster lengthwise down the back. Lay flat the two halves cut side uppermost and discard the stomach bag (from the head) and the black intestinal cord. Remote the tail and claw meat and cut into slant-wise slices.

Melt 1 oz. butter in a saucepan and over low heat cook the mushrooms for 1-2 minutes, remove and keep warm. Add the remaining butter and the lobster to the same pan, cover and heat gently for several minutes. Pour the brandy into a heated ladle, light with a match and pour flaming over the lobster. When the flames die, add Madeira or sherry, a little salt and one shake cayenne. Heat for a minute then add cream and cook gently, stirring frequently, until cream thickens. Return mushrooms to pan and spoon the mixture into lobster shells. Serve hot. Garnish with parsley, if liked.

©️Shufunotomo Co., Ltd., Japan 1968. English text ©️The Hamlyn Publishing Group Ltd., 1968

Plain Boiled Rice/Bengali Lobster Ball Curry

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Plain Boiled Rice

Preparation time: 5 minutes
Cooking time: 14-20 minutes
To serve: 4

You will need
boiling salted water
8 oz. long grain rice

Bring a large pan of salted water to the boil and shower in the rice. Boil gently in an uncovered pan until tender, this will vary from 14-20 minutes according to the rice. Test by biting a grain or two and when tender but still firm in the centre turn at once into a colander, rinse under hot tap and drain thoroughly. Spread out on an ovenproof dish and dry for a few minutes in a warm oven.

Bengali Lobster Ball Curry

Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 20-25 minutes
To serve: 4

You will need
1 large boiled lobster
1 dessertspoon coriander seeds
1 egg
breadcrumbs
1 large onion
3 tablespoons olive oil
¼ teaspoon chili powder
½ teaspoon ginger powder
3 bay leaves
½ teaspoon garlic salt
1 teaspoon salt
¼ pint (U.S. ⅝ cup) hot water
juice ½ lemon

Mince lobster meat and crush coriander seeds. Mix together, and make into boalls. Dip first into beaten egg, then into breadcrumbs. Put aside. Slice the onion. Heat the oil and fry the onion in it till brown. Add all the spices, bay leaves and salt and fry for 5 minutes. Now add the fish balls and the hot water, and simmer for 10 minutes. Add the lemon juice. Shake the pan and remove from heat. Serve with rice.

© Shufunotomo Co., Ltd., Japan 1968 English text ©️ The Hamlyn Publishing Group Ltd. 1968

Cauliflower in Yoghurt

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Preparation time: 2 hours 5 minutes
Cooking time: 30-35 minutes
To serve: 4

You will need
1 medium-sized cauliflower
3 onions
1 clove garlic
½ teaspoon ginger powder
½ pint (U.S. 1¼ cups) yoghurt
1 teaspoon sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1½ oz. Cooking fat
¼ pint (U.S. ⅝ cup) hot water
1 teaspoon garam masala (see Card No. 2)

Divide cauliflower into flowerets. Slice 1½ onions finely. Mince the other 1½ onions, garlic and ginger. Put the yoghurt in a bowl, add the minced ingredients, sugar and salt and beat with an egg beater. Marinate the cauliflower in the yoghurt mixture and leave for 2 hours. Make sure that the yoghurt covers the flowerets all over. Heat the fat and fry the onions golden, add the cauliflower, all the yoghurt and hot water. Simmer until cauliflower is tender. Sprinkle with garam masala.

© Shufunotomo Co., Ltd., Japan 1968 English text ©️ The Hamlyn Publishing Group Ltd. 1968

Crab Omelette (Foo yung hai)

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Preparation time: 5-6 minutes
Cooking time: 3 minutes
To serve: 4

You will need
3 oz. Crab meat
4 tablespoons peanut oil
1 small spring onion, shredded
1 oz. Bamboo shoots, shredded
5 eggs; salt
½ teaspoon monosodium glutamate
6 tablespoons chicken stock; pinch sugar
1 teaspoon soy sauce; 2 teaspoons tomato ketchup
1 teaspoon cornflour
Lettuce; radish, tomato; cucumber

Remove any soft bones from crab meat and shred. Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a pan and fry onion and bamboo shoots for 1 minute. Beat eggs, add onion, bamboo shoots, ¼ teaspoon salt, ¼ teaspoon monosodium glutamate, 2 tablespoons water and crab. Heat another tablespoon oil in the pan, add chicken stock, pinch of salt, remaining monosodium glutamate, sugar, soy sauce, tomato ketchup and cornflour. Mix all well, bring to a boil and keep hot while making omelette. Heat 2 tablespoons oil in omelette pan, stir in egg mixture, cook for ½ minute. Fold omelette and finish cooking. Put on to hot dish, pour sauce over, garnish as photograph.

Chicken, Ham, Bamboo Shoots and Mushroom Omelette
(Gai See Chow Dan)

Preparation time: 6-8 minutes
Cooking time: 6 minutes
To serve: 4

You will need
2 oz. Shredded chicken meat; salt
1¼ teaspoons cornflour
5 tablespoons oil
Few shredded bamboo shoots
Little shredded ham
1 oz. Shredded onion
1 large mushroom, shredded; 5 eggs
¼ teaspoon monosodium glutamate
3 tablespoons water
Radishes; cucumber

Mix the chicken with a pinch of salt and 1 teaspoon cornflour. Fry for 1 minute in 1 tablespoon hot oil. Remove from pan. Heat 2 tablespoons oil in same pan and fry bamboo shoots, ham, onion and mushroom for 2 minutes. Remove from pan. Beat the eggs, and ½ teaspoon salt, monosodium glutamate, ¼ teaspoon cornflour and water. Add cooked chicken and vegetable mixture. Heat 2 tablespoons oil in omelette pan and pour in the mixture. Cook the omelette in the usual way. Place on a hot dish and garnish with radish and cucumber.

© Shufunotomo Co., Ltd., Japan 1968 English text ©️ The Hamlyn Publishing Group Ltd. 1968

Steamed Meat In Noodle Cases (Sui Mai)

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Preparation time: 1 hour
Cooking time: 20 minutes
To serve: 6-8

You will need
8 oz. flour
½ pint boiling water
Filling:
14 oz. minced pork
2 tablespoons ham, chopped
2 tablespoons mushrooms, chopped
2 tablespoons hard-boiled egg yolk, chopped
2 tablespoons parsley, chopped
2 teaspoon gingelly oil
2 teaspoons sherry
2 tablespoons soy sauce
½ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon sugar
¼ teaspoon pepper
¼ teaspoon monosodium glutamate
Garnish:
10-20 shelled prawns
10-20 green peas

Mix the boiling water with sifted flour into a noodle dough. Set aside for 20-30 minutes, covered with a damp cloth. Mix minced pork with all ingredients listed under ‘Filling’, and dived into 30 meat balls. Roll the dough out to a to 1-inch in diameter. Cut the roll into 30 balls, and roll each ball out into a 3-inch round.

Put the filling in the centre of the round, and form into a cylindrical shape. Pull out the top of each a little to look like a flower, and put the prawns and green peas on the top. Place. ina steamer, cover and steam for 20 minutes.

Square shapes:

You can make as many shapes as you like and garnish with the ingredients as the photographs show.

© Shufunotomo Co., Ltd., Japan 1968 English text © Shufunotomo Co., Ltd., Japan 1968.

Semolina Pudding/ Parsee Custard

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SEMOLINA PUDDING

Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 20 minutes
To serve: 4

You will need
½ oz. almonds
1½ oz. butter
½ oz. currants
1½ pints (U.S. 3¾ cups) milk
4 oz. castor sugar
4 oz. very fine semolina
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
½ teaspoon ground cardamom (optional)
½ teaspoon grated nutmeg (optional)

Blanch the almonds and slice into thin strips. Heat the butter and fry the almonds until lightly coloured. Remove. Fry the currants gently and set aside. Bring the milk and sugar to the boil, then simmer for a minute on a very low flame. Fry the semolina very gently in the butter. Stir all the time and do not let the semolina get creamy coloured. Now add the milk gradually and keep stirring all the time so that no lumps are formed. Add the vanilla essence and turn out onto a serving dish while still of a fairly soft consistency. When cold, sprinkle with the almonds, currants and spices.

PARSEE CUSTARD

Preparation time: 30 minutes
Cooking time: 1 hour
To serve: 4

You will need
1½ pints (U.S. 3¾ cups) milk
2 oz. castor sugar
2-3 eggs, well beaten
1 tablespoon ground almonds
1 tablespoon rose water (optional)
pinch nutmeg and cardamom powders

Boil the milk and sugar together over a low heat till the quantity has been reduced to half. Allow to cool, and add the well beaten eggs. Add the almonds and rose water. Put the custard into a buttered pie dish and sprinkle with nutmeg and cardamom powders. Preheat the oven to very moderate (335°F. of Gas Mark 3). Place the dish in a pan containing 1 inch of cold water. Bake for 45 minutes or 1 hour till the custard is set.

© Shufunotomo Co., Ltd., Japan 1968 English text © The Hamlyn Publishing Group Ltd. 1968

Omelette – Plain and Filled

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Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 10 minutes
To serve: 4

You will need
8 eggs
8 tablespoons water
salt and pepper
butter for frying

Break two eggs into a bowl, beat well with 2 tablespoons water and seasoning. Melt a knob of butter in a frying pan and when hot, pour in egg mixture. Allow the omelette to set and brown on the underside, then fold. Turn on to a serving plate. Make 3 more omelettes in the same way.

Filling:
4 oz. mushrooms
2 oz. butter
1 oz. flour
1/2 pint milk
salt and pepper
parsley and tomato slices for garnish

Melt butter in pan and saute sliced mushroom for 1 minute. Add flour and cook for 1 minute. Remove from heat and stir in milk. Return to heat and bring to boil, stirring. Season to taste. Divide mixture into four and put filling in omelette before folding. Garnish with parsley and tomato slices.

© Shufunotomo Co., Ltd., Japan 1968 English text © Shufunotomo Co., Ltd., Japan 1968

Insalata de Funghi e Gamberi (Mushroom and Prawn Salad)

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Preparation time: 1 ½ hours (including time for marinating)
Cooking time: no cooking
To serve: 4

You will need:

6 oz. firm white mushrooms
1 cut clove garlic
5 tablespoons olive oil
1 ½ tablespoons lemon juice
ground black pepper
4-6 oz. shelled prawns (U.S. shrimps) or cooked scampi
1 teaspoon salt
fresh parsley

Wash and dry the mushrooms. Remove stalks and slice caps finely. Rub a basin with a cut clove of garlic and in it mix the oil, lemon juice and 2 shakes of pepper. Add the mushrooms, mix thoroughly with the dressing and set aside in a cold place for at least an hour. Just before serving add the salt. To serve pile the prawns (U.S. shrimps) in the centre of four individual plates and arrange the mushrooms all around. With scissors snip a little parsley over the prawns (U.S. shrimps).

©Shufunotomo Co., Ltd., Japan 1968 English text © The Hamlyn Publishing Group Ltd. 1968

Spaghetti Bolognese and Kedgeree

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Preparation time: 7 minutes
Cooking time: 20 minutes
To serve: 4

You will need
1 -1 ½ oz. butter and 1 teaspoon olive oil or 2 oz. butter
½-1 clove garlic
1 onion, finely chopped
2 oz. mushrooms, finely chopped
1 carrot, finely chopped
6 oz. minced beef
1 x 8 oz. can tomatoes or 4 fresh tomatoes
½ pint brown stock
1 wineglass red wine
little tomato purée
6-8oz. spaghetti
Parmesan cheese

Heat butter and oil in pan. Then fry crushed garlic, onion, mushrooms, and carrot. Add meat and rest of the ingredients and simmer liquid until thickened. slices of red or green pepper can be used in this sauce. Chopped parsley may be added to the sauce just before serving. Cook spaghetti in boiling salted water and drain. Rinse in cold water, return to pan with a knob of butter and reheat. Pour the sauce over spaghetti and serve with grated Parmesan cheese.

Kedgeree

Preparation time: 5-10 minutes
Cooking time: 5-10 minutes
To serve: 4

You will need
6 oz. cooked smoked haddock
1 hard-boiled egg
approx. 8 oz. cooked rice
pinch cayenne
pepper and salt
chopped parsley
¼ lemon, cut in thin wedges

Flake fish coarsely with fork. Chop egg white. Sieve yolk. Mix flaked fish with chopped egg white, and hot cooked rice. Season to taste. Little milk may be added if necessary. Put on hot dish. Sprinkle sieved egg yolk and chopped parsley on top. Add lemon. Serve while hot.

©Shufunotomo Co., Ltd., Japan 1968 English text ©Shufunotomo Co., Ltd., Japan 1968

Rump Steak with Bean Sprouts (Ngow yuk ngar choy)

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Preparation time: 6 minutes
Cooking time: 4 minutes
To serve: 4

You will need
1 oz. bamboo shoots
1 green pepper
3-inch piece leek or spring onion
5 oz. beef (rump steak)
salt
½ teaspoon monosodium glutamate
white pepper
1 tablespoon sherry
1 egg white
1 teaspoon cornflour
4 oz. bean sprouts
4 tablespoons peanut oil
1 crushed clove garlic
1 tablespoon soy sauce
¼ teaspoon sugar

Shred bamboo shoots, green pepper, leek and rump steak. Sprinkle the steak with pinch salt, ¼ teaspoon monosodium glutamate, pinch of pepper and 1 teaspoon sherry. Mix with the egg white and cornflour and set aside. Wash bean sprouts and drain. Heat 2 tablespoons peanut oil in the pan add ½ teaspoon salt, fry the shredded bamboo shoots, green pepper, the onion and the bean sprouts for 2 minutes. Move from the pan. Again add 2 tablespoons peanut oil into the same pan. Add garlic and beef, stir well. When the beef changes colour, add cooked vegetables to the pan, and add soy sauce, remaining sherry, sugar and ¼ teaspoon monosodium glutamate and pinch of white pepper. Cook for 1 minute, remove to a heated dish and serve immediately.

© Shufunotomo Co., Ltd., Japan 1968 English text © Shufunotomo Co., Ltd., Japan 1968