Oyster Fricassee

Ingredients

• a quart of oysters
• the yolks of two eggs
• a cup of cream
• butter the size of an egg
• two tablespoons of flour
• a full teaspoon of lemon-juice
• salt to taste
• cayenne to taste

Method

1. 1

   Boil oysters in their liquor, strain, and drain.

2. 2

   In a saucepan, melt butter, add flour, then oyster juice and cream.

3. 3

   Beat egg yolks with lemon juice and stir into the cream.

4. 4

   Add oysters, heat without boiling, and serve hot.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 3 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The home cook book (1905) by Christine Frederick, page 25. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

two tablespoons of flour. As the cream thickens add a teaspoon of lemon-juice and the same quantity of celery salt. Lastly, put in the oysters which you have chopped. Let all boil up two minutes and serve. CURRIED OYSTERS Cook in their own juice a quart of oysters till their edges begin to curl. Then put in a tablespoon of butter blended with 42 THE HOME COOK BOOK a tablespoon of flour, a teaspoon of curry powder, salt to taste, and a dash of cayenne. Stir all together and serve at once when the flour has cooked and thickened. DEVILED OYSTERS Drain ofif their juice and chop coarse a pint of oysters. Take a heaping tablespoon of butter, a heaping tablespoon of flour, the yolk of an egg, mix and add salt and cayenne pepper to taste, and three-fourths of a cup of milk. Stir in the pint of oysters and a tablespoon of lemon- juice. Drop upon little individual dishes or shells, sprinkle with cracker or bread- Small Dish and Shell crumbs which have been seasoned with melted butter, and bake fifteen minutes in a hot oven. For ease and expedition set your small dishes or shells in a large pan when ready to go to the oven. OYSTER FRICASSEE Put a quart of oysters in their own liquor over the fire and let come to boil. Tip in a strainer and drain off the juice. Put butter the size of an egg in a saucepan, add two table- spoons of flour, mix well, and then add the oyster- juice and a cup of cream ; also salt and cayenne to taste. Beat the yolks of two eggs and add a full teaspoon of lemon- juice

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