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Oysters on Ice

Oysters served in a bowl made from a hollowed ice block.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Oysters on Ice

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Take a large square of ice and hollow it out in the middle to form a bowl.

  2. Place the oysters in the hollowed-out ice bowl.

  3. Serve on a flat dish.

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 raw seafood; their briny flavor is the centerpiece of the dish.
Ice
Keeps the oysters cold while they are served, holding them at a chilled temperature.

“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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