Oysters on the Half Shell with Ginger Lime Mignonette - ★Cooking Recipes★

The mignonette sauce adds a mouth-puckering hit of flavour to the briny oysters - the perfect complement. I love plump, juicy Malpeque oysters but any fresh oysters will do. Yield is 2 servings.
Directions for: Oysters on the Half Shell with Ginger Lime Mignonette

Ingredients

Oysters on the Half Shell

12 Malpeque oysters, or an assortment

4 cup crushed ice

Ginger Lime Mignonette

3 Tbsp rice wine vinegar

1 Tbsp lime juice

1 tsp peeled minced fresh ginger

1 green onion (green part only), finely chopped

tsp grated lime zest

1 Tbsp coarsely ground pepper

coarse salt, to taste

lemon wedges, for garnish

Directions

Oysters on the Half Shell

1. Shuck the oysters, leaving them, with their juice, on the half shell.

2. Put the ice on a platter and put the oysters on top.

Ginger Lime Mignonette

1. Mix all ingredients together.

2. Serve the mignonette in a small bowl in the middle of the oyster platter.

3. Garnish with the lemon wedges.

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