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Oyster Soup A La Reine

From The Ideal cook book, 1899

Serves 5

Thicken with arrowroot or butter mixed with flour if needed.

Presented as published in 1899. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

A modern interpretation · AI-generated from the original record

Ingredients

  • 2 or 3 doz. small oysters
  • 2 qts. of stock
  • I pt. boiling cream
  • mace
  • cayenne

Method

  1. Prepare oysters by simmering beards in pale veal stock.

  2. Heat veal stock, flavor with mace and cayenne, and add strained oyster stock.

  3. Simmer oysters in their liquor, then combine with soup and add boiling cream.

  4. Serve immediately.

Nutrition per serving

458Calories
11 gProtein
17 gCarbs
38 gFat

Estimated from matched ingredients across 5 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Ideal cook book (1899) by Anne Clarke, page 5. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Oyster Soup A La Reine—Ingredients—2 or 3 doz. small oysters, some pale veal stock, 2 qts. of stock, mace, cayenne, I pt. boiling cream

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