Halibut and Oysters

Ingredients

• two steaks of halibut
• eighteen large oysters
• a quarter of a pound of larding pork
• one-half of a cupful of fine bread crumbs
• two tablespoonfuls of melted butter
• one tablespoonful of chopped parsley

Method

1. 1

   Wash and dry halibut steaks, chop oysters, and layer with pork in a baking pan.

2. 2

   Season, cover with breadcrumbs mixed with butter and parsley, and bake for 30-40 minutes, basting.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Kirmess cook book (1907), page 32. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

HALIBUT AND OYSTEBS. Mrs. A. Scott Stapleton, 8. I. Order two steaks of halibut an inch thick cut from the tail end of the fish. Wash and dry them on a cloth. Pick over, rinse and drain eighteen large oysters, then chop them fine; cut a quarter of a pound of larding pork in very thin slices. Spread the bottom of a shal- low baking or dripping pan with several slices of the pork and on these lay one of the slices of halibut. Spread this with the oysters, season with salt and pep- per, sprinkle over one-half of a cupful of fine bread crumbs mixed with two tablespoonfuls of melted butter and one tablespoonful of chopped parsley

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