The Epicure's Almanac or Diary of Good Living
February 22nd : OYSTER PATTIES
Should you desire a dish of these savoury little pies, either for lunch, supper, or to make out the bill of fare
for your dinner, I recommend that you procure from a pastrycook as many empty puff patties as required.
Beard and cut the oysters into four, stew them for a few minutes in their own liquor, mixed with cream, seasoned with a very small quantity of Cayenne, salt, powdered mace, and lemon juice; when the fish is ready, remove with a spoon the top of the patty, fill with your stew, then rub the edges of the divided paste with white of egg ; put on the tops,and place the pat ties on a slow oven for ten minutes before they are re quired.