You Are Invited To Downton Abbey!

Full disclosure: I consider “Downton Abbey” to be one of the best TV series of all time, right up there with “Mad Men”, “Game Of Thrones”, “Seinfeld” and “The Office.”

As part of my “Dinner And A Movie” series, I decided to cook Downton-style, and I had just the cookbooks to help me!

The “Unofficial” Downton Abbey Cookbook!

First thing about this book, as you can see, the cover goes to great lengths to point that that this is not an officially sanctioned cookbook, but it’s still a terrific collection of recipes that evoke the “Downton Abbey” era – with dishes from both “Upstairs” and “Downstairs” – yes, the staff would have traditional fare like “Toad In The Hole” and “Bubble And Squeak”, while the family upstairs in the formal dining room would feast upstairs on “Squab with Fig Foie Gras” and “Lobster Newburg”, which is described this way in the cookbook:

“This modern and spicy entree would be different from what most Edwardians would expect – just like Lady Sybil’s own personality!”

Jessie Brown Findlay played Lady Sybil Crawley, a free spirit who fell in love with the family Chauffeur – spicy indeed!

Time to see if we can match it!

Sybil’s Seafood Newburg!

So that’s the recipe as presented in the cookbook, let’s get this “Dinner And A Movie” feast going!

“Spicy” Indeed!

The key to the color and richness of this dish is the Paprika, so I brought out the authentic stuff that Alex and I bought in Budapest last fall…along with three of my favorites: garlic, garlic and garlic!

The first step is making the roux for the sauce…I combined my garlic along with shallots and butter and sautéed them in a pan:

I added my Paprika, which was mixed with curry powder, nutmeg and flour, and added the two together, also adding tomato paste, sherry, etc as the recipe states…once I had my Roux smooth, I added the rest of the liquid to give it a smoothness and body…

Time For The Lobster!

Next up, time to prepare the seafood that will go in this dish, beginning with these Lobster Tails…I also added Shrimp AND Scallops as well!

While the recipe called for boiling the seafood, I chose to put it all raw in the sauce – except for the Scallops, which I seared in butter over high heat for several minutes to give them color:

Add all of the seafood to the sauce and let it simmer until the Lobster and Shrimp are cooked – meanwhile, make some buttered noodles to ready:

The last touch: ladle a lot of that rich seafood sauce over the noodles and add a sprinkle of fresh parsley – and guess what? It’s time for a feast!

Well, I loved the rich decadence of the sauce – real Hungarian Paprika just can’t be beat – and virtually ANYTHING over butter noodles is. a winner for me!

There’s my “Dinner And A Movie” recipe from the “Unofficial Downtown Abbey” Cookbook – I plan to dig in and try a few other recipes as well…

Recently I shared this recipe for a “Pasta Pie!”

It’s the “Timpano” made in the terrific film “Big Night” – and you can see the entire recipe by clicking on the story here:

https://johnrieber.com/2021/02/01/a-timpano-recipe-stanley-tucci-and-tony-shaloubs-pasta-pie-heres-the-timpano-recipe-from-the-big-night-film-its-dinner-and-a-movie/

And if you wan to know how to make “Goodfellas Garlic”, then do I have the recipe for you:

I previously shared the meatball recipe from “Goodfellas”, which included the legendary “Goodfellas Garlic” process as shown here by the great character Actor Paul Sorvino – see it here:

https://johnrieber.com/2018/05/22/goodfellas-garlic-paulies-famous-meatball-recipe-dig-into-dinner-and-a-movie-mobster-style/

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