Fricassee of Oysters

Ingredients

• a piece of butter the size of an egg
• a wine glass of sherry
• one cup of oyster juice
• one-half cup of cream
• cayenne pepper
• yolks of four eggs
• one pint of California oysters
• juice of one-half lemon

Method

1. 1

   Heat butter, add sherry, oyster juice, cream, cayenne, and yolks.

2. 2

   Boil to custard, add seasoned oysters, and cook briefly.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Council cook book (1908), page 11. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Fricassee of Oysters. Heat a piece of butter the size of an egg, add a wine glass of sherry, one cup of oyster juice, one- half cup of cream, cayenne pepper, yolks of four eggs. When all this has boiled to a custard, add one pint of California oysters which have been seasoned with salt and pepper and the juice of one-half lemon

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