Chestnuts and Oysters

Ingredients

• as many oysters as chestnuts
• yolks of four eggs
• half a grated nutmeg
• peel of half a lemon
• two sprigs of parsley
• six spoonfuls of milk or cream
• half a blade of mace
• three ounces of butter

Method

1. 1

   Make a thick batter with yolks, nutmeg, lemon peel, spinach juice, flour, and milk.

2. 2

   Dip oysters in batter, roll in bread-crumbs, and fry.

3. 3

   Fry chestnuts in batter, then combine with oyster liquor, mace, and wine.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The bachelor and the chafing dish (1895) by Deshler Welch, page 38. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Chestnuts and Oysters. — This is an elaborate dish, but worth the while for an occasion. As many oysters as chestnuts, yolks of four eggs, half The Autocrat and the Chafing-dish. 115 a grated nutmeg, peel of half a lemon, two sprigs of parsley, a spoonful of the juice of spinach, six spoonfuls of milk or cream, flour, bread-crumbs, half a pint of white wine, half a blade of mace, three ounces of butter

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