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- From: japlady@nwu.edu (Rebecca Radnor)
- Newsgroups: rec.food.recipes,rec.food.cooking
- Subject: Warm Oysters with Cucumber and Caviar Butter
- Date: 7 Dec 1994 15:21:31 -0500
- Organization: Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
- Message-ID: <199412060708.AA265177700@casbah.acns.nwu.edu>
-
- WARM OYSTERS WITH CUCUMBER AND CAVIAR BUTTER
- Four servings
-
- 1 box whole black peppercorns (for garnish)
- 1 box kosher salt (for garnish)
- 8 ounces seaweed (for garnish)
- 24 small oysters, shells scrubbed
- 1 seedless gourmet cucumber
- 4 ounces (1 stick) cold, unsalted butter, cut into pieces
- Salt and pepper
- 1/4 lemon
- 3 large shallots, peeled and finely diced
- 3/4 cup dry white wine
- 1 1/2 ounces caviar, osetra preferred
-
- 1. Mix enough peppercorns and salt to cover 4 oven-proof plates. Place a
- generous handful on each plate and spread it evenly. Top with seaweed. Set
- plates aside.
-
- 2. Shuck the oysters (or have the fishmonger shuck them). Refrigerate
- oysters and place six bottom shells atop the seaweed on each plate. (Recipe
- may be prepared ahead to this point.)
-
- 3. Heat oven to 450 degrees. Peel cucumber, cut in half lengthwise, then
- slice crosswise into 1/8-inch half-moon pieces. Place in a saucepan with 1
- tablespoon butter and cook over low heat until just tender but not soft.
- Season with salt, pepper and a squeeze of lemon juice. Keep warm.
-
- 4. In a small, heavy-bottomed saucepan, heat the shallots with 1 tablespoon
- butter. When the shallots are soft, add the wine and boil until it is
- almost entirely evaporated. Working on and off the heat, make a beurre
- blanc by whisking in the remaining 6 tablespoons butter-a tablespoon or two
- at a time, making sure it does not liquefy. Hold in a warm place but not
- over direct heat.
-
- 5. In each shell, make a bed of several cucumber slices and top with an
- oyster. Place plates in oven until oysters are warmed but not cooked, 2 to
- 3 minutes. Meanwhile, season beurre blanc to taste with salt, pepper and
- lemon juice.
-
- 6. Remove plates from oven. Spoon 1 tablespoon butter sauce over each
- oyster, top with caviar and serve at once with a viognier wine such as
- Joseph Phelps, Preston Vineyards or Sobon Estate.
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