Oyster Patties

New system of domestic cookery, forme... · Rundell, Maria Eliza Ketelby · 1806
Ingredients (9)
for the patties
for the filling
Instructions (16)
  1. Put a fine puff paste into small pattypans.
  2. Place a bit of bread in each pattypan.
  3. Bake the pattypans.
  4. While the pattypans are baking, prepare the filling.
  5. Take off the beards of the oysters.
  6. Cut the other parts of the oysters into small bits.
  7. Put the cut oysters into a small tosser.
  8. Add a grate of nutmeg to the tosser.
  9. Add a small amount of white pepper to the tosser.
  10. Add salt to the tosser.
  11. Add a morsel of lemonpeel, cut very small, to the tosser.
  12. Add a little cream to the tosser.
  13. Add a little of the oyster liquor to the tosser.
  14. Simmer the filling mixture for a few minutes.
  15. After baking, remove the bread from the pattypans.
  16. Fill the baked pattypans with the prepared oyster mixture.
Original Text
Oyster Patties. Put a fine puff paste into small pattypans, and a bit of bread in each; and against they are baked, have ready the following to fill with, taking out the bread. Take off the beards of the oysters; cut the other parts in small bits; put them in a small tosser, with a grate of nutmeg, the least white pepper, and salt, a morsel of lemonpeel, cut so small that 134you can scarcely see it, a little cream, and a little of the oyster liquor. Simmer for a few minutes before you fill.
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