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- From: pedersen@mcchi2.ARPA (Deborah Pedersen)
- Newsgroups: mod.recipes
- Subject: RECIPE: Artichoke and poached oyster soup
- Date: 14 Dec 85 06:46:03 GMT
- Organization: Microelectronics Computer Corporation, Austin TX
- Approved: reid@glacier.UUCP
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- .RH MOD.RECIPES-SOURCE OYSTER-SOUP SP "12 Nov 85" 1986
- .RZ "ARTICHOKE OYSTER SOUP" "Chicken broth with artichokes and poached oysters"
- This is a modern cajun-style recipe that I adapted from a local
- convenience-food cookbook by Jean Durkee.
- It's an intriguing combination of modern
- American ingredients with traditional cajun flavorings.
- .IH "Serves 6"
- .IG "6 Tbsp" "butter," "90 g"
- melted.
- .IG "\(12 cup" "shallots" "120 g"
- (chopped fine)
- .IG "\(14 tsp" "thyme" "5 ml"
- .IG "1" "bay leaf"
- .IG "\(12 tsp" "cayenne pepper" "2.5 ml"
- .IG "2 Tbsp" "flour" "30 ml"
- .IG "14 oz" "chicken broth" "400 ml"
- (more or less won't hurt)
- .IG "4 cups" "oysters" "1 l"
- Drained; reserve liquid. Or use less, to taste.
- .IG "14 oz" "cooked artichoke hearts" "400 g"
- .IG "2 tsp" "salt" "10 ml"
- .IG "1/4 tsp" "tabasco sauce" "1 ml"
- .IG "1/2 cup" "whipping cream" "120 ml"
- .IG "3 Tbsp" "parsley" "50 l"
- (chopped fresh)
- .PH
- .SK 1
- In a
- .AB "3-quart" "3-liter"
- casserole, melt butter and saut\z\(aae shallots. When shallots are
- translucent, add thyme, bay leaf, and cayenne pepper.
- Add flour and whisk well.
- .SK 2
- Add broth, oyster water, artichoke hearts, salt, and tabasco. Bring to a
- boil.
- .SK 3
- Add oysters and parsley. Simmer on medium, partly covered, for exactly
- 5 minutes. Add whipped cream and serve immediately.
- .NX
- Fresh parsley tastes much better than dried parsley.
- If the oysters are bigger than a small bite-size, cut them up before adding
- them to the soup. Use the smallest oysters you can find.
- .PP
- When I'm not making a double recipe, I usually dump the entire
- .AB "1-cup" "250-ml"
- container of whipping cream into the soup, even though that's double what
- the recipe calls form.
- .PP
- The timing on cooking the oysters is fairly critical.
- If you overcook them, they will be rubbery.
- .SH RATING
- .I Difficulty:
- easy.
- .I Time:
- 20 minutes.
- .I Precision:
- measure the spices.
- .WR
- Deborah Pedersen
- Microelectronics Computer Corporation, Austin TX
- pedersen@mcchi2.ARPA
-