Broiled Oysters

Ingredients

• two dozen oysters
• a lump of butter
• little chopped parsley
• and shallot
• pepper
• salt
• a few drops of lemon juice

Method

1. 1

   Remove oysters from shell and heat in their own liquor, drain and add butter, parsley, shallot, pepper, and salt.

2. 2

   Scald but do not boil; then put back in shells with lemon juice, cover with bread-crumbs and broil.

3. 3

   Serve at once.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The new practical housekeeping (1890) by Estelle Woods Wilcox, page 500. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Broiled Oysters. — Remove from shell and heat two dozen oys- ters in their own liquor, drain and add to oysters in pan a lump of butter, little chopped parsley and shallot, pepper and salt and scald but do not boil ; then put back in shells with a few drops of lemon juice

Cook this with the app: pantry check, scaling, and the assistant.