Oyster Soup
Ingredients
Directions
Dissolve the cornstarch in a little water.
Add the dissolved cornstarch and oysters to a pot.
Bring to a boil and serve.
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 body and briny flavor of the soup.
- Cornstarch
- Thickens the liquid as it heats, giving the soup a smoother body.
The step that matters
Bring to a boil. Cornstarch thickens only when heated to a boil, so the soup must reach boiling to set. Oysters cook quickly, so holding them at a boil for too long can toughen them.
“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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