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OYSTER SAUCE
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OYSTER SAUCE

6 ingredients 2 steps gutenberg
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

644
Calories
23g
Protein
16g
Fat
101g
Carbs
What these numbers assume — 5 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Oyster 6 medium (84g) 81
Cayenne 1 tsp (1.8g) 6
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • two tablespoonfuls of cold butter
  • a pint of oysters
  • a pinch of cayenne
  • a tablespoonful of flour stirred to a paste
  • cayenne
  • salt

Directions

1

Take a pint of oysters and heat them in their own liquor long enough to come to a boil, or until they begin to ruffle. Skim out the oysters into a warm dish, put into the liquor a teacup of milk or cream, two tablespoonfuls of cold butter, a pinch of cayenne and salt; thicken with a tablespoonful of flour stirred to a paste, boil up and then add the oysters.

2

Oyster sauce is used for fish, boiled turkey, chickens and boiled white meats of most kinds.

By F. L. Gillette and Hugo Ziemann · Recipe sourced from gutenberg

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