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Oysters, Broiled

Oysters are coated in egg and breadcrumbs, then broiled and served with butter and pepper.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 5 ingredients
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Why it works: Bread and butter are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 7% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 27,232 recipes. Both carry delta-decalactone, which smells sweet, creamy. The science ↓

Oysters, Broiled

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Dry the oysters with a soft cloth.

  2. Dip each oyster into the beaten egg, then coat with bread crumbs.

  3. Grease a double wire gridiron with a little butter.

Broil and serve

  1. Place the oysters on the gridiron and broil over a clear, moderate fire.

  2. Turn the oysters when one side is done.

  3. Put a small lump of fresh butter on a hot dish, lay the oysters on it, and sprinkle with pepper.

  4. Serve immediately.

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. Bread + buttertop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together27,232 recipes

    Shared aroma: delta-decalactone (sweet, creamy).

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

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

  3. Oyster + breadtop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,545 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  4. Egg + breadtop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together22,662 recipes

    Shared aroma: (e)-2-octenal (fatty, green).

  5. Oyster + eggtop 14% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,103 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

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

What each ingredient does

Oysters
Provide the main ingredient, which cooks quickly in the broiler and becomes tender.
Beaten egg
Acts as a binding layer that helps the bread crumbs adhere to the oysters.
Bread crumbs
Form a crisp, golden coating that browns under the broiler and contrasts with the soft oyster.
Butter
Adds richness and moisture, and helps the oysters brown lightly on the gridiron.

The step that matters

Turn the oysters when one side is done. Turning too early tears the breaded coating off, and waiting too long dries out the oyster, so watch the coating color for the moment to flip.

“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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