Best Oysters With Champagne Tarragon Mignonette Recipes

Mignonette Sauce image

Provided by Melissa Clark

Time 40m

Yield 2/3 cup

Number Of Ingredients 4

1/4 cup finely minced shallots (from 1 to 2 shallots)
1/3 cup red-wine or white-wine vinegar
1 teaspoon coarsely ground black or white peppercorns
Pinch of sea salt

Steps:

Mix together all the ingredients in a small bowl or jar until well blended. Cover and chill for at least 30 minutes before using. Mignonette will keep in the fridge for up to 1 month.

Champagne Mignonette image

Provided by Martha Stewart

Yield Makes 1/2 cup

Number Of Ingredients 5

1 shallot, finely minced
1/2 cup Champagne vinegar
2 tablespoons Champagne or sparkling wine (optional)
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
Fresh shucked oysters, for serving

Steps:

Place all ingredients in a small bowl, and stir to combine. Cover with plastic wrap, and place in refrigerator. Serve chilled, spooned over oysters.

Oysters with Champagne-Vinegar Mignonette image

Yield Makes 2 first-course servings

Number Of Ingredients 11

For mignonnette
2 teaspoons Champagne vinegar
1 1/2 teaspoons finely chopped shallot
Pinch of coarsely ground black pepper
Pinch of sugar
1 teaspoon finely chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
For oysters
1 1/2 cups kosher or other coarse salt
1/2 dozen small oysters, such as Kumamoto or Prince Edward Island, shells scrubbed well and oysters left on the half shell, their liquor reserved and oysters picked over for shell fragments
1/2 tablespoon unsalted butter, cut into 6 pieces
1 small cluster Champagne table grapes or 2 finely diced seedless red grapes

Steps:

Make mignonnette:
Stir together vinegar, shallot, pepper, and sugar and let stand 30 minutes.
Prepare oysters:
Preheat broiler.
Spread 3/4 cup salt in an 8- to 10-inch flameproof shallow baking dish or pan. Arrange oysters on their shells in salt, then top each with a piece of butter.
Broil 4 to 6 inches from heat until butter is melted and sizzling and edges of oysters are beginning to curl, 1 to 2 minutes.
Stir parsley into mignonnette. Divide remaining 3/4 cup salt between 2 plates and arrange 3 oysters on each. Spoon 1/4 teaspoon mignonnette over each oyster and sprinkle oysters with grapes. Serve warm.