Oyster Soup

Ingredients

• Three quarts of oysters
• Three quarts of water
• Eight slices of ham 
• Two onions 
• Six egg yolks
• Four tablespoonns of wheat flour 
• One pint of rich milk
• One teaspon of white pepper
• Half grated nutmeg

Directions 

1. Boil oysters with the liquor, water, ham, and onions
2. Run it through a cullender and put the liguor alone back into the pot and let it come to a boil
3. While the oysters are boiling, beat the egg yolks with wheat flour and milk
4. Stir this into the oyster liquor, after it has been strained and made boiling hot
5. Add raw oysters and let the whole thicken a little on the fire
6. Add white pepper and nutmeg

Source — Creole Cookery Book

Prepared by Jazmine Wright 

Louisiana Anthology

June 4, 2018