Oyster Pie

The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New ... · Bury, Charlotte Campbell, Lady · 1840
Source
The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory;: In Which will Be Found a Large Collection of Original Receipts. 3rd ed.
Status
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Not a recipe
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Ingredients (9)
Instructions (8)
  1. Beard the oysters.
  2. Scald and strain them from their liquor.
  3. Season the liquor with pepper, salt, and anchovy, a lump of butter, and bread crumbs.
  4. Boil up to melt the anchovies.
  5. Just heat your oysters in it.
  6. Put them all together into your pie-dish, and cover them with a puff-paste.
  7. If you put your oysters into a fresh pie, you must cover them at the top with crisped crumbs of bread.
  8. Add more to the savouring if you like it.
Original Text
Oyster Pie. Beard the oysters; scald and strain them from their liquor, and season the liquor with pepper, salt, and anchovy, a lump of butter, and bread crumbs. Boil up to melt the anchovies; then just heat your oysters in it; put them all together into your pie-dish, and cover them with a puff-paste. If you put your oysters into a fresh pie, you must cover them at the top with crisped crumbs of bread; add more to the savouring if you like it. [76]
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