Oysters croquettes - maryland's way

7 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
25 Nice fat oysters
2 tablespoons Flour
1 tablespoon Butter
½ cup Oyster liquid
½ cup Milk
2 Egg yolks
½ cup Soft bread crumbs
3 Shakes cayenne
Salt to taste

Directions

Drain oysters, saving liquor. Wash oysters and place them in a hot saucepan; stir over fire until the actually boil. Drain, saving liquor again, and adding this to first. Chop oysters fine. Blend flour and butter in saucepan, add oyster liquor and milk; stir over heat until thick and smooth. Take from fire, add egg yolks, slightly beaten, the oysters, bread crumbs and all the seasoning. Put back on fire and stir until mixture reaches boiling point. Turn out on platter to cool and when cold, mold into croquettes. Roll in braten eg, brread or cracker crumbs and cook in deep fat.

Yield: 6 to 8 servings

Recipe from "Maryland's Way, The Hammond-Harwood House Cookbook" Mrs. T.

Murray Peach Hill, Anne Arundel Reprinted with kind permission from "Maryland's Way, The Hammond-Harwood House Cookbook," pub. by The Hammond-Harwood House Association, c. 1963.

Available for purchase by calling (410) 263-4683.

Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #851 by Bill Webster <thelma@...> on Oct 18, 1997

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