Scolloped Oysters

Ingredients

• Loaf of white bread
• Four dozen oysters shucked
• Unsalted butter
• Salt
• Pepper
• Mace
• Cloves
• Crumbled white bread

Directions

1. Toast several slices of bread until browned on both sides.
2. Spread butter on both sides of toasted bread.
3. Place toast around the edges of baking dish.
4. Pour shucked oysters into the dish.
5. Season oysters to taste with butter, salt, or pepper.
6. Add mace or cloves to the oysters.
7. Crumble bread and top the oysters.
8. Bake with quick heat for 15 minutes.

Source — Creole Cookery Book
Prepared by Benjamin Steib
Louisiana Anthology
June 7, 2019