STEAMED AND CURRY FLASHED OYSTERS

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Provided by Ming Tsai

Time 20m

Yield 4 servings

Number Of Ingredients 8

Romaine, banana or Napa cabbage leaves for steaming
1 dozen shucked oysters
1 tablespoon ginger, fine julienne
1/4 cup scallions, finely sliced
1 lime, juiced
Fresh coarse cracked black pepper
1/2 cup curry oil (1/4 cup curry powder, water to make a paste and 1/2 cup canola oil, whisk together and let stand for 2 hours. Use only the top yellow oil.)
Rock salt, for plating

Steps:

  • Prepare a large steamer basket lined with romaine, banana leaves or Napa cabbage. Top each oyster with ginger, scallions, a squirt of juice and black pepper. Steam hard for 3 to 5 minutes until the oysters are warm to hot in the middle. Meanwhile, heat the curry oil to very hot. Place the steamed oysters on a bed of rock salt.
  • PLATING Flash each oyster with 1 teaspoon of oil. Serve as soon as possible.
  • WINE: Veuve Clicquot Champagne, Blanc de Blanc

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