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Oyster Sandwiches

A fried sandwich made with oysters, a filling of pounded whiting, cream, pepper, salt, egg yolk, and breadcrumbs.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 8 ingredients
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Why it works: Whiting and cream work together. They rank in the top 9% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 135 recipes. Both carry ethanol, which smells alcoholic, ethereal. The science ↓

Oyster Sandwiches

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Remove gills from oysters.

  2. Make a fish filling with pounded whiting, cream, pepper, salt, and egg yolk.

Assemble and coat

  1. Spread half of the oysters with the filling, then top with the remaining oysters, pressing down firmly.

  2. Dip each sandwich in beaten egg, then roll in breadcrumbs.

Fry and serve

  1. Fry in boiling fat until golden brown.

  2. Drain well and serve hot, with or without a white sauce.

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. Whiting + creamtop 9% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together135 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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

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

  3. Oyster + whitingtop 16% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together68 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  4. Oyster + creamtop 17% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together2,886 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-one (mushroom, metallic).

  5. Oyster + peppertop 22% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together7,663 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
Form the main body of each sandwich and provide the delicate seafood flavour.
Pounded whiting
Forms a binding fish filling that holds the oysters together in layers.
Cream
Adds moisture and softness to the fish filling.
Egg
Binds the filling and the beaten egg coating helps breadcrumbs stick.
Breadcrumbs
Form a crisp, golden crust when fried.

The step that matters

Fry in boiling fat until golden brown. The fat must be hot enough to crisp the breadcrumb coating quickly. If it is too cool, the coating absorbs oil and turns greasy before the oysters are heated through.

“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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