Oyster Patties

Ingredients

• 1 doz. fresh oysters
• 2 oz. butter
• 1 oz. flour
• 1 gill milk
• 1 gill oyster liquor
• Cayenne pepper
• Salt
• A squeeze of lemon juice
• 2 or 3 table-sps. cream
• Puff pastry

Method

1. 1

   Make and bake patty cases with puff pastry.

2. 2

   Scald oysters in their liquor, drain, and cut into pieces.

3. 3

   Melt butter, mix in flour, add milk and oyster liquor, and stir until boiling.

4. 4

   Add cream and oysters, season, and heat.

5. 5

   Fill patty cases with the mixture.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Cookery for every household (1914) by Florence B. Jack, page 566. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Oyster Patties, using 1 tea-cupful of chopped lobster meat instead of the oysters, and fish stock or milk instead of the oyster liquor. A little anchovy essence and a few chopped mushrooms may be added. 1512. Mushroom Patties (Bouchees de Champignons) 4 lb. mushrooms. Seasoning. 1 oz. butter. Small patty cases, 2 table-sps. brown sauce Prepare the mushrooms, wash them, and cut them in dice. Melt the butter in a small saucepan, z 354 COOKERY FOR EVERY HOUSEHOLD put in the mushrooms with a good squeeze of lemon juice and a little pepper and salt. Put the lid on the pan and cook slowly about 10 minutes. Then add the brown sauce, which should be of a thick consistency and well flavoured, and cook about 10 minutes longer, or until the mushrooms are tender. Use this mixture for filling small pastry cases, and serve as a vegetable entree or savoury. Sufficient for 7 or 8 patties. 1513. Oyster Patties (BouchSes aux Huitres) 1| doz. fresh oysters. 2 oz. butter. 1 oz. flour. 1 gill milk. & gill oyster liquor. Cayenne pepper. of lemon Salt. A squeeze juice. 2 or 3 table-sps. cream. Puff pastry

Cook this with the app: pantry check, scaling, and the assistant.