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Lobster and Oyster Ragout

A historical dinner recipe from Fannie Merritt Farmer's 1910 Boston Cooking-School Cook Book.

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Ingredients

  • ¼ cup Butter
  • ¼ cup Flour
  • ¾ cup Oyster Liquor
  • ¾ cup Cream
  • ¾ teaspoon Salt
  • ¼ teaspoon Pepper
  • Few grains Cayenne
  • Few drops Onion Juice
  • 1 pint Oysters Parboiled
  • ¾ cup Lobster Dice
  • 1½ tablespoons Sauterne
  • 1 tablespoon Parsley

Make it

Method

  1. 1

    Make a sauce of first eight ingredients. Add oysters, lobster dice, wine, and parsley.

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Where this recipe comes from

Lobster and Oyster Ragout, from The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book by Fannie Merritt Farmer (1910).

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Historical measurements, equipment, temperatures and terminology may differ from modern kitchen practice.