Inauguration Oyster Soup Recipe
Ingredients
| Butter | 1/2 Cup (16 tbs) | |
| Celery | 1 Cup (16 tbs), chopped | |
| Carrots | 1 Cup (16 tbs), finely grated | |
| 1 medium-sized onion, minced | ||
| Leek | 1 , thinly sliced | |
| Butter | 1/4 Cup (16 tbs) | |
| Flour | 1/2 Cup (16 tbs) | |
| Milk | 1 Pint | |
| Light cream | 1 Pint | |
| Oysters | 1 Pint | |
| 1 can clam juice or minced clams | ||
| 1/2 cup white wine or dry sherry | ||
| Salt | To Taste | |
| Pepper | To Taste | |
Directions
MAKING
1) Take a pan and melt ½ a cup of butter in it.
2) Stir in the carrots, celery, leek and onion until they are well covered with the butter.
3) Simmer the covered pan over very low heat for 20 minutes and stir it occasionally.
4) Take another pan and prepare the white sauce by adding the flour, ¼ cups of butter, cream and milk, stirring constantly until it turns creamy and thick in consistency.
5) Mix the vegetables in it along with salt and pepper and keep aside until serving time.
6) Heat the minced clams or clam juice along with white wine or sherry and the oysters with their water for 10 minutes on very low flame. Do not let the mixture boil.
7) Pour it into the creamy white sauce while hot and stir over low flame.
SERVING
8) Serve hot
1) Take a pan and melt ½ a cup of butter in it.
2) Stir in the carrots, celery, leek and onion until they are well covered with the butter.
3) Simmer the covered pan over very low heat for 20 minutes and stir it occasionally.
4) Take another pan and prepare the white sauce by adding the flour, ¼ cups of butter, cream and milk, stirring constantly until it turns creamy and thick in consistency.
5) Mix the vegetables in it along with salt and pepper and keep aside until serving time.
6) Heat the minced clams or clam juice along with white wine or sherry and the oysters with their water for 10 minutes on very low flame. Do not let the mixture boil.
7) Pour it into the creamy white sauce while hot and stir over low flame.
SERVING
8) Serve hot
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