Baked Creamed Oysters With Bread Crumbs

Ingredients

• 2 dozen oysters
• 1 oz butter
• 1 oz flour
• 0.5
• 2 tbsp cream
• A few drops lemon juice
• Salt and pepper
• Bread crumbs
• Cayenne pepper
• Parsley for garnish
• Lemon slices for garnish

Method

1. 1 Beard the oysters and cut them in half.
2. 2 Strain the oyster liquor through muslin.
3. 3 Simmer the oyster beards in the milk.
4. 4 Melt butter in a stewpan and mix in flour smoothly.
5. 5 Strain the milk into the butter-flour mixture, add oyster liquor, and cook well.
6. 6 Add cream and let it boil in the sauce.
7. 7 Add lemon juice, salt, pepper, cayenne, and oysters.
8. 8 Grease scallop shells and sprinkle with bread crumbs.
9. 9 Fill shells with the mixture and sprinkle more crumbs on top.
10. 10 Brown in a quick oven (425°F).
11. 11 Serve on a folded napkin, garnished with parsley and cut lemon.