Stewed Oysters I
There are several ways to stew oysters. Two recipes are given below.
Ingredients
- 2 dozen (24 ea.) raw, whole oysters
- 2 oz (55 g) butter
- ¼ cup cream
- ¼ tsp mace
- 2 bay leaves
- Salt, black pepper, and nutmeg, to taste
Ingredients for 2 servings (455 g) · the original recipe
Method
- 1
Shuck the oysters, saving any liquid in the oyster.
- 2
Put your oysters with all their liquid into a saucepan; add the butter, salt, black pepper, mace, and bay leaves.
Stovetop - 3
Bring to a simmer for 5 minutes. Add the cream and shake all well together while heating through.
Stovetop - 4
Pour onto a plate or platter, grating a little fresh nutmeg on each oyster as it lies in the sauce.
Recipe from Wikibooks Cookbook, written by Wikibooks contributors. Used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; the ingredient list and method on this page are taken from that page and edited (its notes, tips and variations are not reproduced), and are available under the same licence. The macros, equipment tags and scaling are Ma Kitchen’s own and are not the source’s figures. Ma Kitchen is not affiliated with or endorsed by Wikibooks Cookbook. Copied on 2026-11-12.
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