Description
Fresh Oysters with Mignonette – a refreshing appetizer, with a flavorful Mignonette sauce!
Ingredients
Units
- 24 raw shucked oysters
- 1/2 cup Champagne vinegar (or use white wine vinegar, red wine vinegar, or unseasoned rice wine vinegar)
- 2 tablespoons shallot, very finely diced
- 2 tablespoons cucumber- very finely diced (optional)
- 1 teaspoon mustard seeds, whole
- 1 teaspoon fresh chopped dill (or flat-leaf parsley)
- crack pepper, optional
Instructions
- Place all Mignonette ingredients in a small bowl, and chill.
- Shuck the oysters, preserving the brine if possible, playing them on crushed ice, rock salt or a bed of seaweed. Keep cold.
- Just before serving, spoon the flavorful Mignonette over top of each oyster.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 3 oysters
- Calories: 108
- Sugar: 0.2 g
- Sodium: 134.4 mg
- Fat: 3 g
- Saturated Fat: 0.6 g
- Carbohydrates: 7 g
- Fiber: 0.2 g
- Protein: 12 g
- Cholesterol: 62.5 mg