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Oyster Essence

A simple oyster broth made by simmering oysters and seasoning with coarse sea salt, served hot with toasted crackers.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Oyster Essence

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Wash and drain the oysters, then cut them into small pieces.

Make the broth

  1. Place the oysters in a stew-pan over low heat.

  2. Simmer until all the juice is extracted, then strain the mixture.

  3. Add the coarse sea salt.

Serve

  1. Serve hot with toasted crackers.

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.

Explore the science

What each ingredient does

Oysters
Provide the main flavour and release their natural juices to form the broth.

The step that matters

Simmering over low heat. Gentle heat draws the juices out of the oysters without toughening their flesh, which would happen if the mixture boiled hard.

“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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