Oyster Kromeskies a la Royale

Ingredients

• a dozen oysters
• half a pound of cooked chicken
• two mushrooms
• a small slice of lean bacon
• one ounce of butter
• one ounce of flour
• sufficient milk
• pepper
• salt
• a few drops of lemon juice

Method

1. 1

   Blanch oysters, remove beards, cut into small pieces.

2. 2

   Mix chicken, mushrooms, and bacon, pound together.

3. 3

   In a stewpan, mix butter and flour, add milk to make a thick paste.

4. 4

   Stir until it leaves the sides of the pan, cool, add oysters, season.

5. 5

   Roll into pieces, dip in batter, fry, and garnish with fried parsley.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 2 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The housewife's referee (1898) by Harriet Anne de Salis, University of Leeds Library, page 77. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Oyster Kromeskies a la Royale ; Kromeskies d'huitres a la Royale. — Blanch a dozen oysters, remove the beards and cut into small pieces. Have ready half a pound of cooked chicken (or veal), which has been finely minced, two mushrooms, and a small slice of lean bacon ; add the oysters and pound all together. Then mix one ounce of butter and one ounce of flour together in a stewpan, and add sufficient milk to make a thick paste. Stir till it leaves the sides of the pan, and turn on to a plate to cool ; add the oysters, etc. , to this paste ; season with a little 112 THE HOUSEWIFE^S EEFEREIl pepper, salt, and a few drops of lemon juice

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