A Rich Oyster Pie

Ingredients

• one quart of oysters
• one-fourth of a pound of butter
• a little nutmeg
• half a tea-spoonful of black pepper
• salt
• one scant table-spoonful of flour
• one pint of milk
• the yelks of two eggs

Method

1. 1

   Strain oyster liquor and boil with butter, nutmeg, pepper, and salt.

2. 2

   Stir in a thickening of flour and milk, then add oysters to heat.

3. 3

   Remove from stove and mix in beaten egg yolks.

4. 4

   Line a dish with puff-paste, fill with oysters, cover, and bake until browned.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The new Kentucky home cook book (1884) by Maysville (Ky.). Methodist Episcopal Church, South., page 17. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

A RICH OYSTER PIE. Take one quart of oysters; strain the liquor from the oysters and put it on to boil, with one-fourth of a pound of butter; add a little nutmeg, half a tea-spoonful of black pepper, and salt; as it boils, stir in a thickening made of one scant table - spoonful of flour and one pint of milk. Put the oysters in to heat through; then take them from the stove and add the yelks of two eggs

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