Pepper Oysters
24 ea Oysters, fresh 2 tb Peppercorns, black 3 lg Garlic, cloves, peeled 1/2 ts Salt 3 tb Oil, olive 3 ea Bay leaves 2 tb Juice, lime, fresh Shuck the oysters and reserve their she...
Ingredients
- 24ea oysters, fresh
- 2tbsp peppercorns, black
- 3large garlic, cloves, peeled
- 1/2tsp salt
- 3tbsp oil, olive
- 3ea bay leaves
- 2tbsp juice, lime, fresh
Directions
- 1
24 ea Oysters, fresh 2 tb Peppercorns, black 3 lg Garlic, cloves, peeled 1/2 ts Salt 3 tb Oil, olive 3 ea Bay leaves 2 tb Juice, lime, fresh
- 2
Put the oyster juice into a hot saute pan and bring it to a boil
- 3
Add the oysters and poach gently 2 - 3 minutes until their edges curl slightly
- 4
Put the peppercorns, garlic, and salt in a mortar and grind the mixture to a rough paste
- 5
Add a 1/2 cup of hot oyster juice to the mortar and continue to grind
- 6
Remove oysters from the saute pan and reserve
- 7
Add olive oil and bay leaves to the liquid in the pan and bring the mixture to a boil
- 8
Blend in the mixture from the mortar, then return the oysters to the pan and heat very briefly