Oysters
Ingredients
Directions
Wash each live oyster one by one in fresh water.
Place the oysters, side downward, in a pan of fresh water.
Add a generous amount of coarse sea salt to the water.
Sprinkle the oysters thoroughly with salt.
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
- Live oysters
- The main ingredient, forming the whole dish.
- Coarse sea salt
- Seasons the oysters directly, adding savory flavor.
“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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