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Fried Oysters

4 servings

Ingredients

• oysters, removed from shell (as needed)
• lemon juice (a little)
• egg (a little)
• crushed rusks (a little)
• boiling butter (a little)

Instructions

1. Drizzle a little lemon juice over the oysters removed from their shells, dip in egg, then coat in crushed rusks and fry in boiling butter for a few minutes, but not too long, or they will become tough.

Modernized from a treasured 19th-century German cookbook.