Crab Topped Oysters With A Bearnaise Sauce Recipes

CRAB TOPPED OYSTERS WITH A BEARNAISE SAUCE

Steps:

• Scrub oyster shells and open Oysters discard top shell, drain liquid, rinse under cold running water to remove any sand or grit.
• Place oysters on a bed of rock salt (this helps to keep them stable.) in a large flat pan.
• Put 1-2 teaspoons of béarnaise over each oyster and top with 1 tablespoon of crab meat. Add another 1-2 teaspoons of sauce over crab.
• Sprinkle oysters with bread crumbs and paprika. Bake at 190°C for 15 minutes or until sauce starts to brown.
• Béarnaise Method.
• Combine shallots, tarragon, parsley, white wine and pepper in a small saucepan and boil over a high heat until liquid has been reduced by half.
• Remove from heat you can either leave as is or strain through a fine sieve if desired.
• Cool slightly and beat the mixture into the warm hollandaise. If desired add a few extra chopped fresh herbs.
• Yields about 1 cup.

STEAK OSCAR WITH STONE CRAB AND BREEZY BEARNAISE SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 250 degrees F.
• Place the steak onto a sheet tray lined with a rack and season generously with kosher salt and pepper. Transfer to the oven and cook until the temperature registers 115 to 120 degrees F, 20 to 25 minutes.
• Heat the canola oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Sear the steak, 2 to 3 minutes per side. Remove from the skillet and set aside to rest.
• Preheat a grill pan over medium-high heat.
• Toss the asparagus with the olive oil and kosher salt and pepper to taste. Place onto the grill and cook for 7 to 8 minutes. Flip and cook until the asparagus is tender but still has some texture, another 2 to 3 minutes. Remove from the grill and slice on a bias into 1- to 1 1/2-inch pieces. Toss with the lemon zest and juice and kosher salt and pepper to taste.
• To serve, plate the steak and top with the stone crab meat. Smother with the Breezy Béarnaise Sauce. Serve alongside the lemony asparagus. Garnish with flaky sea salt.
• Slowly melt the butter over medium-low heat in a small saucepan with the shallot and 2 sprigs of the tarragon. Once fully melted, keep warm and let steep for 5 minutes. Discard the tarragon sprigs.
• Place the white wine vinegar, lemon juice, Dijon mustard and egg yolks into a blender and blend until just combined, about 10 seconds. While the blender is still running, slowly stream in the warm, melted butter through the top hole until thickened, 30 seconds to 1 minute. Add the chopped leaves of the remaining tarragon and adjust the seasoning with more lemon juice and kosher salt to taste if needed.

BEARNAISE SAUCE

Steps:

• Combine vinegar, wine, shallots and tarragon in 2-cup glass measure.
• Microwave, uncovered, at high for 1 to 2 minutes or until boiling.
• Set aside to cool to lukewarm.
• Strain mixture into small bowl; whisk in egg yolks.
• In 2-cup glass measure or similar microwaveable bowl, melt butter at medium 40 to 60 seconds.
• Do not boil.
• Whisk egg yolk mixture into butter.
• Microwave, uncovered, at medium 30 to 90 seconds.
• Whisk every 15 seconds.
• Cook only until mixture starts to thicken.
• Season to taste with salt and pepper.

DEVILED CRAB WITH OYSTERS BAKED ON THE HALF SHELL

Steps:

• Pick over the crab meat, removing and discarding any shell or cartilage that may remain.
• Heat the butter in a large skillet and add the garlic, onion and diced peppers. Cook, stirring, until the mixture is wilted. Add the dry mustard, chopped green herbs and cayenne pepper. Stir to blend.
• Sprinkle with the flour and stir to blend. Add the cream gradually, stirring rapidly with a wire whisk. Cook until thickened. Remove the pan from the heat.
• Stir in the spicy brown mustard, and when blended, add the crab meat. Stir gently to blend.
• Add the lemon juice and egg yolks, salt and pepper to taste, and stir to blend.
• Scrape the mixture into a mixing bowl and let stand until thoroughly cool. The mixture may be refrigerated overnight if desired.
• Combine the oysters and oyster liquor in a saucepan and bring to the simmer. Simmer about 30 seconds or until the edges of the oysters start to curl. Line a dish with absorbent toweling. Using a slotted spoon, scoop the oysters from their cooking liquid and spoon them onto the paper. Discard the cooking liquid.
• Place the oysters in the refrigerator until thoroughly cool. They may be covered and refrigerated overnight.
• Rinse the oyster shells and pat them dry. Divide the crab-meat mixture into two portions. Fill the oyster shells with equal amounts of half of the crab mixture. Make a slight indentation in the center of each bit of filling. Place one oyster into each indentation.
• Top each oyster with equal portions of the remaining crab mixture and smooth over the top, rounding it as necessary. Pour the fresh bread crumbs into a dish. Press the crab-and-oyster-filled shells into the bread crumbs to coat the tops thoroughly. Arrange the shells on a baking sheet.
• When ready to cook, preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
• Place the baking sheet in the oven and bake 15 minutes or more or until the filling is piping hot throughout and nicely browned on top. Serve with tartar sauce.

CRAB STUFFED STEAK WITH A BEARNAISE SAUCE RECIPE

Steps:

• 1. Make stuffing. 2. Remove crab from legs, break meat up. 3. Heat a small amount of olive oil in a pan, add celery and onion cook 1 minute, add garlic cook for a further 2 minutes stirring or until celery and onion soften. 4. Add parsley, pepper and crab, stir to combine, remove and set to one side. 5. Steaks. 6.Cut steak horizontally through the middle being careful not cut all the way through. Open steak out so it is butterflied, take a meat mallet and pound to flaten slightly. 7. Divide stuffing mix between the 2 steaks, placing it on one half of the steak, fold the remaining half over the top. 8.Spread half a teaspoon of horseradish over the top of each steak, wrap 2 bacon rashers around each one to secure. 9. Cook steaks in a hot pan 2 minutes each side to brown, Place steaks in oven proof dish and cook in a pre-heated oven of 180 degrees Celsius for 15-20 minutes depending on how thick they are for a nice pink centre. 10. Sauce. 11. Pour bearnaise into a saucepan, add 200ml of milk whisk to combine, heat stirring until sauce starts to thicken. 12. Add sauce, juice, wine, vinegar, Tabasco, cream and herbs, cooking stirring until mixture thickens. Sauce can be left on a warm stove to keep warm, just stir occasionally. 13. Asparagus. 14. Trim ends of asparagus, take 5 spears and wrap a slice of bacon around to secure, repeat with remaining asparagus and bacon. 15. Place in an oiled oven proof dish and cook for 10 minutes. They are cooked at the same temp as the steak so I just pop them in when the steaks have 10 more minutes to go. 16. To Serve: I served mine over mash, topped with the steak, place asparagus on top and drizzle with sauce.