Vinaigrette a Huitres (Vinaigrette for Oysters on the Half Shell
"Imagine you are on the coast of Normandy. You are sitting at a small table in a small cafe facing the docks. You pick up an oyster, sprinkle it with the shallot sauce and you pop it in your mouth--Heaven! The slightly briny, slightly coppery taste of those wonderful oysters offset perfectly by the sprinkling of vinaigrette."
photo by French Tart
- Ready In:
- 72hrs 5mins
- Ingredients:
- 3
- Yields:
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1 cup
ingredients
- 236.59 ml cider vinegar
- 14.79 ml shallot, very finely chopped
- 4.92 ml black peppercorns, crushed
directions
- Mix the ingredients together and place in a glass jar.
- Leave at room temperature for three days.
- Enough vinaigrette for about three dozen oysters.
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Reviews
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I make this all the time at home - Malcolm and I are oyster fanatics....we love them ALL year around - even when there are no "R"'s in the month! I don't usually add black peppercorns to my mixture, however, we both liked this as a variation on our usual vinaigrette à l'échalote pour les huîtres! Thanks for posting Kate. FT
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Chef Kate
Annapolis, 60
<p>I have always loved to cook. When I was little, I cooked with my Grandmother who had endless patience and extraordinary skill as a baker. And I cooked with my Mother, who had a set repertoire, but taught me many basics. Then I spent a summer with a French cousin who opened up a whole new world of cooking. And I grew up in New York City, which meant that I was surrounded by all varieties of wonderful food, from great bagels and white fish to all the wonders of Chinatown and Little Italy, from German to Spanish to Mexican to Puerto Rican to Cuban, not to mention Cuban-Chinese. And my parents loved good food, so I grew up eating things like roasted peppers, anchovies, cheeses, charcuterie, as well as burgers and the like. In my own cooking I try to use organics as much as possible; I never use canned soup or cake mix and, other than a cheese steak if I'm in Philly or pizza by the slice in New York, I don't eat fast food. So, while I think I eat and cook just about everything, I do have friends who think I'm picky--just because the only thing I've ever had from McDonald's is a diet Coke (and maybe a frie or two). I have collected literally hundreds of recipes, clipped from the Times or magazines, copied down from friends, cajoled out of restaurant chefs. Little by little, I am pulling out the ones I've made and loved and posting them here. Maybe someday, every drawer in my apartment won't crammed with recipes. (Of course, I'll always have those shelves crammed with cookbooks.) I'm still amazed and delighted by the friendliness and the incredible knowledge of the people here. 'Zaar has been a wonderful discovery for me.</p>
