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Oyster Broth

A simple broth made from fresh oysters, hot water, and salt, served with buttered crackers.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 4 ingredients
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Oyster Broth

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Chop oysters and place them in an agate saucepan.

  2. Heat oysters until their liquor comes to a boil.

  3. Add a little hot water and season with salt.

  4. Strain the broth and serve with buttered crackers.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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What each ingredient does

Oysters
Provide the main savory flavor and their natural liquor gives the broth its body.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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