A specialty of the Hotel Excelsior, Amsterdam
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups long grain rice, rinsed
- Freshly ground salt, to taste
- 8 cups cold water
- Clarified butter
- 1 medium onion, sliced thinly
- 4 teaspoons hot curry powder
- 14 ounces fresh or frozen tiny shrimp, uncooked
- 1/8 cup brandy
- 1/8 cup dry sherry
- 1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoon whipping cream
- 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
- 3 tablespoons piccalilly
- 5 cocktail gherkins, diced
- 1 red bell pepper, half sliced thinly, half finely diced
- 1 green bell pepper, half sliced thinly, half finely diced
- 4 tablespoons mayonnaise
- Freshly ground pepper, to taste
Directions
Bring water and a pinch of salt to boil. Add rice and cook for 10 minutes.
Meanwhile, heat butter in medium pan and add onion, cooking slowly until transparent but not brown. Stir in 3 teaspoons curry powder, then add shrimp and cook over low heat for 5 minutes. Pour in brandy and flame. Repeat with sherry. Stir in 1/2 cup whipping cream and blend. Stir in 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce and simmer for 5 minutes, until ready to serve.
After rice has cooked for 10 minutes, drain it into a sieve. Place sieve over a pot of shallow hot water, on stove, cover, and steam rice for 8 minutes. Spoon rice into large mixing bowl and mix in piccalilly, gherkins, diced peppers, mayonnaise, and 1 tablespoon whipping cream. Add 1 teaspoon curry powder and 1 teaspoon Worcestershire. Season with salt and pepper.
Serve curry shrimp in center of platter, surrounded by rice. Decorate with bell peppers
