Fire Roasted Low County Oysters With Tarragon And Red Hot Sauce Butter Recipes

FIRE ROASTED OYSTERS

Steps:

• For the sesame aioli: Soak the hijiki in warm water for 5 minutes. Drain, chop and set aside.
• Heat the olive oil in a small skillet over medium heat. Add the garlic, ginger, jalapeno, and shallots to the oil and saute until they soften, about 45 seconds. Make sure you don't brown the ingredients. Next, add the soy sauce, mirin and rice wine vinegar. Turn the heat up to a boil, and reduce by half, about 1 minute. Remove from the heat.
• In a bowl, add the mayonnaise, hijiki and the reduced soy sauce mixture. Stir until combined. Then, slowly add the sesame oil while stirring. Yield: 1 1/2 cups.
• For the oysters: Heat the lap cheong in a saute pan over medium heat until it is slightly rendered, about 1 minute. Remove the lap cheong from the pan and dice.
• Next, add the olive oil, garlic and shallots to the saute pan and cook over medium heat until they're nice and toasty, about 1 minute. Make sure you don't brown the garlic and shallots. Then add the spinach and cook until it is lightly wilted. Remove the spinach from the heat and allow to cool. Finish with salt and pepper to taste.
• Preheat a grill to medium heat.
• Wash, scrub and shuck your oysters. Remove the oysters from the shells and fill the shells with sauteed spinach. Place the oysters on top of the spinach. Then top each of the oysters with more sauteed spinach, some sesame aioli and lap cheong.
• Put the oysters on the grill, close the lid and within 5 minutes they will be ready to eat.
• To plate, place some salad on a platter, such as mizuna, a Chinese lettuce. Then, set the 12 oysters on top of the salad and garnish with lemon wedges.

ROASTED ONION, CAPER, AND TARRAGON SAUCE

Steps:

• In a baking pan roast the onions in the middle of a preheated 475°F. oven for 2 hours. While the onions are roasting, in a small saucepan melt the butter over low heat, whisk in the flour, and cook the roux, whisking, for 3 minutes. Add the cream and the wine in a stream, whisking, bring the mixture to a boil, whisking, and simmer it whisking, for 5 minutes. Remove the saucepan from the heat and stir in the capers, the vinegar, the tarragon, the parsley, and the chives.
• Let the onions cool until they can be handled, discard the tough outer layers, the stems, the root ends, and the juices in the baking pan, and in a food processor purée the onions until they are smooth. Transfer the purée to a small saucepan, bring it to a boil, and boil it, stirring, until it is thickened and the excess liquid is evaporated. Stir in the purée into the cream sauce and stir in salt and pepper to taste. The sauce may be made 1 day in advance and kept covered and chilled. Serve the sauce warm or at room temperature.

GRILLED LOBSTER WITH TARRAGON BUTTER SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat an outdoor grill for medium heat and lightly oil the grate.
• Cut lobster tails lengthwise with poultry shears. Cut open claws to allow sauce to reach the meat.
• Combine butter, lemon juice, onion, parsley, garlic, tarragon, and hot sauce in a bowl. Slather meat with sauce and place face-down on the preheated grill.
• Cook until lobster begins to char, 5 to 6 minutes. Flip and continue to grill until meat is opaque and firm, 5 to 6 minutes more.

FIRE AND ICE OYSTERS WITH HORSERADISH SAUCE

Steps:

• Prepare the sauce by whisking together all ingredients except for the oysters; cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes, or until ready to serve.
• Rinse and scrub the oysters with a stiff brush.
• To open them, on a folded kitchen towel, grip the oyster flat side up with another kitchen towel protecting your hand.
• Find the small opening between the shells near the hinge and pry open with an oyster knife.
• Try to keep the juices in the shell.
• Loosen the oyster from the shell by running the oyster knife carefully underneath the body.
• Discard the top, flatter shell, keeping the oyster in the bottom, deeper shell.
• Grill the oysters, shell side down, over direct high heat until the juices around the oysters boil and almost completely evaporate, 2-4 minutes.
• Using tongs, carefully remove the oysters from the grill.
• Spoon a small dollop of sauce on top of each oyster and serve with cocktail forks while oysters are hot.

ROASTED OYSTERS WITH HOT SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 425 F.
• Spread salt on a baking sheet.
• Place pan in the oven for 5 minutes to pre-heat.
• Remove pan from the oven and arrange oysters, deep side down, on the salt.
• Roast until the oysters open - about 5 minutes.
• Fully open the oysters with an oyster knife.
• Remove the connective muscle attaching the oyster to the shell.
• Serve the oysters warm, with Hot Sauce.