7 Oyster Chartreuse Recipe
Boil and mash fine 6 potatoes, add a cupful of milk, salt and pepper to
taste, a little butter, and the whites of 4 eggs beaten to a stiff
froth. Have a plain mould well buttered and sprinkle the bottom and
sides with bread crumbs. Line the mould with the potatoes and let stand
for a few minutes. Put a slice of onion and 1 pt. of cream or milk to
boil. Mix two tablespoonfuls of flour with a little cream or milk, and
stir into the boiling cream. Season well with salt and pepper and cook
eight minutes. Let the oysters come to a boil in their own liquor, skim
them out and add to the cream, take out the piece of onion. Season and
turn carefully into the mould. Cover with mashed potato, being careful
not to add too much at once. Bake 1/2 an hour. Take from the oven about
ten minutes before dishing and let it cool a little. Then place a large
dish over the mould and turn out carefully. Caution should be taken that
every part of the mould has a thick coating of the potato, and when the
covering is put on, no opening is left for the sauce to escape.
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