Oyster Soup Recipe
Ingredients
- 6 dozen oysters
- 2 quarts of white stock
- 1 cup of cream or rich milk
- 2 tablespoonfuls of butter
- 1 1/2 tablespoonfuls of flour
- salt
- cayenne and black pepper to taste
Instructions
Scald the oysters in their own liquor, then skim them out; add the stock to the oyster liquid carefully strained and simmer for half an hour. Add the seasoning, and mace if used, bring it to a boil again; add the thickening of butter and flour, rubbed smooth; simmer five minutes; have the cream heated in a separate vessel and pour it in boiling hot and turn at once over the oysters. Serve with sliced lemon and oyster crackers.