Oyster recipe collection

Creamed oysters in a silky butter-and-cream sauce with a hit of nutmeg, lemon, and paprika, spooned over hot buttered toast. A classic East Coast seafood supper from the New England playbook.

Creamy artichoke and oyster soup with a white roux base, pureed artichoke hearts, green onions, and plump oysters added at the end. Rich, elegant, and quick.

Rich sherry cream sauce envelops plump oysters, tender mushrooms, and hard-cooked eggs in this classic baked casserole. Serve over buttery toast for an elegant brunch or special dinner in 40 minutes.

Velvety oyster soup with heavy cream, tender scallions, and nutmeg. This elegant restaurant-style recipe for two uses strained oyster liquor for deep briny flavor. Serve with crisp toast points.

Classic Pennsylvania-style oyster stew with fresh oysters in their liquor, scalded milk and butter. Four ingredients, ready in 10 minutes. Old-fashioned simplicity.

Cream of artichoke and oyster soup poaches plump oysters in butter, then folds them into a tarragon-chervil pureed artichoke veloute finished with cream. Elegant French Creole first course.

Creole bouillabaisse layers fish, shrimp, and oysters into a roux-thickened broth with tomatoes, white wine, and cayenne. A New Orleans take on the French seafood classic.

Creole gumbo loaded with shrimp, crab, oysters, chicken wings, veal, ham bone, and okra, thickened with file powder. A true New Orleans-style gumbo served over rice.

Devils on horseback is a spicy version of angels on horseback, which are oysters wrapped in bacon and broiled. When oysters cook their edges curl, supposedly resembling angels' wings, hence the name.

Creole eggplant stuffed with oysters scoops tender baked eggplant into a stuffing of chopped oysters, breadcrumbs, onion, and herbs, then bakes in the shells with parmesan until golden.

Fire-grilled oyster shooters soaked in ice-cold citron vodka and vermouth marinade with fresh dill. Wood-fired oysters on the half shell for a dramatic appetizer.

Fish broth with oysters and saffron simmers a homemade fish fumet with juniper, leeks, and white wine, then adds clams, just-curled oysters, mung bean threads, radicchio, and saffron at serving. A delicate, restaurant-style seafood consomme.

Versatile buttermilk fry batter with eggs, hot sauce, Worcestershire, and garlic salt for frying fish, shrimp, oysters, frog legs, or vegetables. Dip in the batter, roll in flour, and fry golden.

Gratineed oysters on the half shell with diced apples and a Calvados sabayon broiled golden. An elegant French appetizer pairing briny oysters with apple brandy cream.

Rustic oyster milk soup infused with bay leaf, parsley, and celery. This comforting recipe feeds 4-6 with simple ingredients and a touch of cayenne heat. Budget-friendly using canned or fresh oysters.

Oysters warmed in a buttery sherry and steak sauce with lemon juice, lightly thickened and served from a chafing dish. A retro cocktail party appetizer ready in 25 minutes.