Slightly Italian Oysters

Name: Slightly Italian Oysters
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: ¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper; 1 tablespoon olive oil or goose fat; 1 medium-sized eggplant, sliced; 2 pints shucked oysters, liquid reserved; 2 teaspoons dried oregano Dash of cayenne; ½ cup bread crumbs or crushed melba toast; 2 medium-sized onions, sliced thin; 2 teaspoons salt; 1 teaspoon Maggi seasoning; ¾ pound Monterey Jack cheese, sliced; 1 tomato, sliced

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Clay-Pot Cookbook

By Georgia Sales

Published 1974

About

Here's a totally improvised dish that delighted post-Yuletide guests surfeited with Christmas fowl. Be sure to place the oysters in the center, and don't overcook. Instead of olive oil, we used goose fat left over from the Christmas goose.

Ingredients

2 pints shucked oysters, liquid reserved
1 medium-sized eggplant, sliced
1 tablespoon

Fish course
Pescatarian
Christmas

Method

Presoak a clay pot, top and bottom, in water for 15 minutes.

Fry the sliced eggplant in 2 teaspoons olive oil (or goose fat) and set aside, fry the thinly sliced onions in the remaining olive oil and set aside. Place alternate layers of half the eggplant, the sliced tomato, onions, and half t