Julias Escalloped Oysters Recipes

SCALLOPED OYSTERS RECIPE

Steps:

• Generously butter a 13- x 9-inch baking dish. Preheat oven to 350°F. Cut 6 tablespoons of the butter into ½-inch pieces, and set aside. Stir together salt and pepper in a small bowl, and set aside.
• Pour oysters in liquid over a fine mesh strainer into a medium bowl. Measure ⅓ cup strained oyster liquid into a small bowl. (Discard remaining oyster liquid, or reserve for another use.) Stir cream into oyster liquid. Cut any large oysters into 2 or 3 pieces. Microwave remaining 2 tablespoons butter in a medium-size microwavable glass bowl on HIGH until melted, about 30 seconds. Add 1 cup of the crushed crackers. Stir to coat, and set aside.
• Sprinkle bottom of prepared baking dish with 1 cup of the crushed crackers. Arrange one-fourth of the oysters, spaced a few inches apart, over crackers. Sprinkle with one-fourth of the salt-pepper mixture. Arrange one-fourth of the butter pieces around the oysters. Repeat layers 3 times using remaining crushed crackers, oysters, salt-pepper mixture, and butter pieces. Sprinkle evenly with reserved melted butter-cracker mixture.
• Pour oyster liquid-cream mixture over layered mixture in baking dish. Bake in preheated oven until puffed up, firm, and heated through, 30 to 35 minutes. Sprinkle with parsley. Serve hot or warm.

SCALLOPED OYSTERS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees (Fahrenheit).
• Butter a shallow baking dish with the 2 tablespoons butter.
• Drain the oysters, reserving 1/4 cup of the liquid.
• Layer half the oysters in the bottom.
• Cover oysters with half of the cracker crumbs.
• Cover crumbs with the rest of the oysters.
• Mix together the cream, worcestershire sauce, melted butter, salt and pepper.
• Pour mixture over the layers in the dish.
• Cover with the remaining crumbs, and dot with additional butter if desired.
• Bake for 45 minutes and serve hot.

CHEF JOHN'S SCALLOPED OYSTERS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Combine saltine crackers and butter in a bowl; stir until all crumbs are saturated with butter.
• Spread 1/3 of the saltines mixture on the bottom of a 9x13-inch casserole dish. Pour half of the oysters with their liquor over the saltines mixture. Season with cayenne pepper, salt, and black pepper. Repeat with next 1/3 of saltines and remaining oysters. Season with cayenne pepper, salt, black pepper, and Italian parsley.
• Sprinkle remaining saltines mixture over the oysters. Drizzle cream slowly and evenly over the top.
• Bake in the preheated oven until bubbling and browned, 40 to 45 minutes. Let rest 10 minutes before serving.

PERFECT SCALLOPED OYSTERS

Steps:

• Combine cracker crumbs, butter, salt and pepper; sprinkle a third into a greased 1-1/2-qt. baking dish. Arrange half of the oysters over crumbs. Top with another third of the crumb mixture and the remaining oysters. , Combine cream and Worcestershire sauce; pour over oysters. Top with remaining crumb mixture. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 30-40 minutes or until top is golden brown.

JOAN'S SCALLOPED OYSTERS

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Combine the cracker crumbs, salt, pepper, and butter in a bowl until evenly moistened. Butter a 1 1/2-quart casserole dish and sprinkle about 1/3 of the cracker crumb mixture into it.
• Drain the oysters, reserving the liquid. Add enough clam juice to the oyster liquid to make 3/4 cup; set aside. Layer half of the oysters into the casserole dish and sprinkle with half of the cracker crumbs. Arrange the remaining oysters atop the crumbs. Whisk together the oyster liquid, cream, Worcestershire sauce, and hot pepper sauce. Drizzle over the oysters and sprinkle with the remaining cracker crumbs.
• Bake in the preheated oven until hot in the center and golden on top, 40 to 50 minutes.

SCALLOPED OYSTERS

Steps:

• Sprinkle ½ cup cracker crumbs in a lightly greased 8-inch square baking dish.
• Cover with half the oysters; sprinkle with salt and pepper.
• Dot with half the butter and cover with half the remaining cracker crumbs.
• Repeat layers with remaining oysters, salt, pepper, butter, and cracker crumbs.
• Combine the half-and-half, eggs, and Worcestershire sauce in a bowl; beat well.
• Pour around the oysters; bake in a preheated 350° oven for 40 minutes or until bubbly and lightly browned.

ESCALLOPED OYSTERS

Steps:

• 1. Drain oysters, reserving liquid. Remove any shell from oysters. In small bowl stir together 1/4 cup of reserved oyster liquid, cream, Worcestershire sauce, salt, pepper and hot pepper sauce. Set aside.2. In medium bowl toss together crackers and margarine or butter. Sprinkle one-third of cracker mixture in bottom of 1 1/2-quart casserole coated with cooking spray. Top with half of oysters. Sprinkle with half of liquid mixture. Repeat layers of crackers, oysters and liquid. Top with remaining crackers. Bake at 425°F about 30 minutes or until golden brown.

JULIA'S ESCALLOPED OYSTERS

Steps:

• Put thin layer of crumbs in bottom of pyrex dish. Alternate layers of crumbs and oysters ending with crumbs on top. Drizzle butter before oyster liquid. Sprinkle oyster liquid on top. Bake at 425 degrees for 20 minutes.