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Broiled Oysters

Broiled oysters are oysters seasoned with salt and pepper, coated in cracker crumbs, broiled, topped with butter, and served hot.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 5 ingredients
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Why it works: Oyster and butter are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 12% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 8,184 recipes. Both carry 2,6-nonadienal, which smells cucumber, green. The science ↓

Broiled Oysters

Ingredients

Directions

The book gives no oven temperature. The 400°F (200°C) in the steps was added when the recipe was transcribed, as a starting point.

Prepare

  1. Preheat the oven to 400°F (200°C).

  2. Select large oysters and sprinkle them with coarse sea salt and black pepper.

  3. Dip the oysters in rolled cracker crumbs.

Broil and serve

  1. Place the oysters on a well-greased grill and broil until brown.

  2. Transfer the oysters to a hot platter, placing a small piece of butter on each one.

  3. Set the platter in the oven for one minute.

  4. Serve hot.

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

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

  2. Pepper + buttertop 21% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together85,593 recipes

    Shared aroma: trans-2-nonenal (cardboard, fatty).

  3. 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

Large oysters
Provide the main protein, which cooks quickly and turns firm and tender under heat.
Rolled cracker crumbs
Form a crisp, browned coating that protects the oyster and adds texture.
Butter
Adds fat and richness, melting over the hot oysters to carry flavour.

The step that matters

Broil until brown. Oysters cook fast under high heat. Leaving them too long toughens and shrinks the flesh, so watch for browning and remove them promptly.

“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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