OYSTER LOAVES

The Experienced English Housekeeper · Elizabeth Raffald · 1784
Source
The Experienced English Housekeeper
Yield
3.0 side dish
Status
success · extracted 12 days ago
Not a recipe
No
Ingredients (5)
Instructions (4)
  1. Prepare the loaves: Take small French rasps, or make little round loaves. Make a round hole in the top and scrape out all the crumb.
  2. Stew the oysters: Put your oysters into a tossing pan with their liquor and crumbs that came out of the loaves, and a good lump of butter. Stew them together for five or six minutes.
  3. Add cream: Stir in a spoonful of good cream.
  4. Fill and bake: Fill your rasps or loaves with the oyster mixture. Lay the bit of crust carefully back on top. Set them in the oven to crisp.
Original Text
To make OYSTER LOAVES. TAKE small French rasps, or you may make little round loaves, make a round hole in the top, scrape out all the crumb, then put your oysters into a tossing pan, with the liquor and crumbs that came out of your rasps or loaves, and a good lump of butter, stew them together five or six minutes, then put in a spoonful of good cream, fill your rasps or loaves, lay the bit of crust carefully on again, set them in the oven to crisp.—Three are enough for a side dish.
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