Recipe
OYSTERS AND CAVIAR
Serves: 6
Preparation time: 30 minutes If they like it, it serves 6 otherwise
Cooking time: 25 minutes
Totaltime: 55 minutes
Ingredients
- 30 scrubbed oysters
- 4 ounces butter
- 1 cup dry white wine
- 3 chopped shallots
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon ground white pepper
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 12 small clean leek whites
- 6 ounces beluga caviar
Preparation
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Open the oysters and reserve bottom shells. Melt the butter in a saucepan. Add the wine, oysters, oyster juice, shallots, salt and pepper. Boil for 2 minutes. Strain. Reserve the oysters. Reduce the cooking liquid by half.
Add one half of the cream, and continue cooking to thicken the liquid. Cut the leeks into julienne. Blanch and cook in the remaining cream. Place an oyster in each shell. Spoon some of the leek mixture over each oyster. Top with the reduced sauce . Spoon caviar over each oyster just before serving.
main ingredients:
type of dish:
main
cuisine:
France
specific recipes:
entertaining
season and occasion: Valentines-Day
Type of meal:
dinner
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