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To Stew Oysters

A simple oyster stew made with oyster liquor, water, and coarse sea salt.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
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To Stew Oysters

Ingredients

Directions

  1. In a stew pan, combine the oyster liquor and water.

  2. Add coarse sea salt to taste.

  3. Heat gently until warmed through.

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
Supplies the main flavor and texture; their liquor gives the stew its briny taste.

The step that matters

Heat gently until warmed through.. Oysters toughen and shrink when they are boiled or cooked hard. Gentle heat warms them through while keeping them tender and plump.

“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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