Oyster Pie

Ingredients

• twenty-five fat oysters
• a teaspoonful of salt
• a tablespoonful of Snowdrift

Method

1. 1

   Make Snowdrift Paste, and when very cold roll it out and cut two strips from the side, two inches wide.

2. 2

   Cross these on the bottom of the pie dish; that is, do not line the bottom of the dish solidly.

3. 3

   Turn in the dish twenty-five fat oysters that have been drained; sprinkle over a teaspoonful of salt, add a dash of Tabasco Sauce and put over the top a tablespoonful of Snowdrift, cut into pieces.

4. 4

   Cover with the sheet of Snowdrift Paste, making a hole in the center.

5. 5

   Trim the edges neatly, brush the top with a little milk and bake in a quick oven a half hour.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Snowdrift secrets (1913) by Sarah Tyson Heston Rorer, page 18. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

OYSTER PIE Make Snowdrift Paste, and when very cold roll it out and cut two strips from the side, two inches wide. Cross these on the bottom of the pie dish; that is, do not line the bottom of the dish solidly. Turn in the dish twenty-five fat oysters that have been drained; sprinkle over a teaspoonful of salt, add a dash of Tabasco Sauce and put over the top a table- spoonful of Snowdrift

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