Oysters and Macaroni

Ingredients

• a third of a package macaroni
• two dozen oysters
• cup milk
• an egg
• tablespoon flour
• pepper
• salt
• bread-crumbs
• grated lemon rind
• cayenne pepper

Method

1. 1

   Lay stewed macaroni in a deep dish, add a thick layer of seasoned oysters, a small cup of cream, strew with bread-crumbs, and brown in a quick oven.

2. 2

   Alternatively, boil macaroni, drain, butter a baking dish, layer with oysters, dot with butter, season, cover with remaining macaroni, moisten flour with milk, beat in egg, add remaining milk and oyster liquor, pour in dish, and bake until set.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 4 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The new practical housekeeping (1890) by Estelle Woods Wilcox, page 506. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

tablespoon flour smootn with two of butter and pour the hot oyster liquor over it; season well with pepper and salt and a very little nutmeg or mace, if liked ; boil up once, add three tablespoons cream and the oysters, stir over the fire a minute, fill the vol-au-vent case, put on the cover and serve immediately. Beaten eggs may be added if wished richer. Oysters and Macaroni, — Lay some stewed macaroni in a deep dish and put over it a thick layer of oysters, bearded, and seasoned with cayenne pepper and grated lemon rind. Add a small cup cream. Strew oread-crumbs over the top, and brown it in a pretty quick oven. Serve hot, with Piquant Sauce. Or have ready a third of a package macaroni, two dozen oysters, cup milk, an egg, table- spoon flour, pepper and salt; [put the macaroni in boiling salted water, boil twenty minutes and drain dry; butter the bottom of three-pint bakinff dish, put in half the macaroni^ strew oysters over it, and dot with butter, in small pieces, dredge with salt and pepper and cover with rest of macaroni ; moisten the flour with a Uttle milk, beat in the egg, then the rest of milk and oyster liquor, and pour in the dish and bake about twenty minutes or until set. Orated cheese, sprinkled between the layers of oysters and macaroni is a nice addition. If a larger dish is wanted, put in three layers each of oysters and macaroni, and some alternate also with layers of bread-crumbs

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