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Stewed Oysters à la Baltimore

From Mrs. Seely's Cook Book: A Manual of French and American Cookery : with .., 1902

Serves 6

A modern interpretation · AI-generated from the original record

Ingredients

  • three dozen oysters
  • one ounce of good butter
  • one wine-glass of good Madeira wine
  • one gill of Espagnole sauce
  • one-half a glass of demiglazed sauce
  • the juice of one lemon
  • one teaspoonful of butter
  • one teaspoonful of finely chopped parsley

Method

  1. Open the oysters and place them in a saucepan without their liquor.

  2. Add butter, cover, and cook for two minutes.

  3. Add Madeira wine and cayenne pepper, cook a little longer, then add Espagnole sauce and demiglazed sauce.

  4. Stir until boiling.

  5. Just before serving, add lemon juice, butter, and parsley.

  6. Serve immediately in a tureen.

Nutrition per serving

204Calories
19 gProtein
11 gCarbs
13 gFat

Estimated from matched ingredients across 6 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Mrs. Seely's Cook Book: A Manual of French and American Cookery : with .. (1902) by Lida Seely, page 50. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Stewed Oyaters à la Baltimore Open neatly three dozen oysters. Place them in a sauce- pan withaut their liquor and add one ounce of good batter. 80UP8 87 Cover the pan and place it over the fire. Cook for two min- utes. Then add one wine-glass of good Madeira wine and a very little cajenne pepper. Cook together a little longer and then add one gill of Espagnole sauce and one-half a glass of demiglazed sance. Stir thoroughly nntil it comes to a boil. Just before serving add the juice of one lemon, one teaspoonful of bntter, one teaspoonful of finely chopped parsely

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