Bisque of Oysters

Ingredients

• about thirty medium sized oysters
• some butter
• a little curry
• salt
• red pepper
• a tablespoonful of potato flour

Method

1. 1

   Poach oysters in their juice, drain.

2. 2

   Fry shallot and onion, add curry and oyster juice.

3. 3

   Pound oysters to paste, strain.

4. 4

   Warm, add potato flour, cream, and butter before serving.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Cook Book, by "Oscar" of the Waldorf (1896) by Oscar Tschirky, page 3. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Bisque of Oysters. Place about thirty medium sized oysters in a saucepan together with their own juice, and poach them over a hot fire, after which drain them well. Then fry a shallot colorless in some butter together with an onion, sprinkle over them a little curry and add some of the oyster juice, seasoning with salt and red pepper

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