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- From: ianst@qdpii.ind.dpi.qld.gov.au (Ian Staples)
- Subject: Asparagus with oyster sauce
- Message-ID: <9403141133.AA26885@dpi-gw.dpi.qld.gov.au>
- Date: Mon, 14 Mar 94 21:27:34 +1000
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- Another recipe courtesy of John Morris, butcher and caterer in Rockhampton,
- Queensland, Australia, as discussed on ABC [Australian Broadcasting Corp.]
- Radio on Sunday 13 March 1994 in the "Queensland Sunday" programme.
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- John opened the discussion by stating that this is NOT a Lenten meal ;-)
- (He recommended it for breakfast in bed on Sunday mornings in fact.)
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- Ingredients:
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- Fresh asparagus - allow 6 or 7 spears/person (not too thin, not too old)
- Fresh or frozen oysters - allow 3 per person
- 2 T dry white wine
- 2 only egg yolks
- 20 g butter (unsalted?)
- Salt, pepper, cayenne (if you must :-) for seasoning
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- Method:
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- Trim bottom 1" of the asparagus spears and peel the lower part if necessary
- (shouldn't be required if you've selected the bunches correctly and trimmed
- off the bottoms) then poach them gently - get about 1" of water boiling in
- a flat pan and lay the spears in it to cook for about 7 minutes (or use a
- European-style tall asparagus boiler if you must).
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- Cut the oysters into thin strips rather than serving them as lumps.
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- Reserve the juice from the oyster shells - should get about 2 T from 6 oysters.
- Mix this with the dry white wine and reduce over heat by about 2/3rds (i.e.
- you'll have about 1 1/2 T left).
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- Add this liquor and about 4 T of the poaching water slowly to the egg yolks
- and whisk them over very low heat until light and frothy (note: do not have
- the liquor or the other fluid too hot when adding to the eggs - you don't
- want to curdle them).
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- Add seasoning. Then draw the sauce together by adding 20 g of *cold* diced
- butter and stirring it in gently. Add the oyster strips and fold through.
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- Lay the freshly cooked asparagus spears on the serving plates and pour the
- oyster sauce over them (fairly now ;-).
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