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Broiled Oysters

Oysters cooked on a griddle with butter and salt, served hot.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Why it works: Oyster and butter are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 12% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 8,184 recipes. Both carry 2,6-nonadienal, which smells cucumber, green. The science ↓

Broiled Oysters

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Drain the oysters and dry them with a napkin.

  2. Preheat a well-buttered griddle.

  3. Season the oysters.

Cook and serve

  1. Place the oysters on the griddle and brown them on both sides.

  2. Serve on hot plates with plenty of butter.

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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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Oyster + buttertop 12% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together8,184 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2,6-nonadienal (cucumber, green).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

Oysters
Are the main ingredient, cooked briefly so the outside browns while the inside stays tender.
Butter
Coats the griddle to prevent sticking and adds richness and browning flavor.

The step that matters

Drying the oysters before they go on the griddle. Surface moisture steams the oysters instead of letting them brown. Patting them dry lets the hot griddle sear the surface and build 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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