Oyster Soup With Fresh& Smoked Oysters

* Exported from MasterCook *

OYSTER SOUP WITH FRESH & SMOKED OYSTERS

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Serving Size : 6 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Soups

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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Stephen Ceideburg
6 sl Bacon, cut into thin strips
1 lg Onion, cut into fine dice
1 lg Leek, white part only,
-sliced thin
1 lg Red potato *
1 c Whipping cream
4 c Milk
1/2 c Bottled clam juice
4 c Packed young spinach leaves
16 Fresh oysters and their
-liquor
7 oz Smoked oysters **
1/2 ts Salt
Freshly ground white pepper

* peeled and cut into 1/2inch dice ** well rinsed in
cold water, gently patted dry

Cook the bacon in a 3-quart pot over medium high heat
until lightly browned, about 4 minutes.

Add the onion and leek and cook until softened, about
4 minutes, stirring often.

Add the potato, cream, milk and clam juice and bring
to boil. Simmer, uncovered, until potato is just short
of cooked, about 8 minutes.

The soup can be made ahead up to this point and
refrigerated overnight. Gently reheat if chilled.

Add the spinach and fresh and smoked oysters and cook
just until fresh oysters are cooked, about 1 minute.

Add additional clam juice if needed for consistency.

Season with salt and white pepper to taste. Serve
immediately.

Yield: 8 cups.

PER 1-CUP SERVING: 415 calories, 19 g protein, 22 g
carbohydrate, 28 g fat (14 g saturated), 137 mg
cholesterol, 515 mg sodium, 2 g fiber.

Nathalie Dupree writing in the San Francisco
Chronicle, 11/20/91.

Posted by Stephen Ceideburg



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