Oysters a la Reine

Name: Oysters a la Reine
Ingredients: Rub 2 tablespoon fuls of butter; 2 of flour; put them into a saucepan and when smooth add 1 pt. of hot milk; the yolks of 4 hard-boiled eggs; a wine-glass of sherry

From 365 breakfast dishes, 1901

Presented as published in 1901. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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This recipe was extracted from 365 breakfast dishes (1901), page 39. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Oysters a la Reine. Broil the number of oysters required on a well greased broiler ; place them on a hot platter and cover with the following sauce: Rub 2 tablespoon fuls of butter and 2 of flour together ; put them into a saucepan and when smooth add 1 pt. of hot milk ; take the 148 December^ yolks of 4 hard-boiled eggs and rub them smooth with a little milk ; add them to the sauce ; stir briskly until perfectly smooth, and quite thick. Season with mace, salt and cayenne, and a wine-glass of sherry

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