Gourmet Recipe: Smoked Oysters

olive oil

🥗Healthier: avocado oil

💰Cheaper: canola oil

Avocado oil offers a similar flavor and health benefits.

fresh parsley

🥗Healthier: cilantro

💰Cheaper: dried parsley

Cilantro adds a fresh flavor while dried parsley is more economical.

Shuck the oysters using an oyster knife by inserting the tip into the dimple and twisting to pop the shell open.

Run the knife along the top of the shell to release the oyster, avoiding shell bits in the oyster.

Place half of the oysters in their shells and the other half without shells in a hotel pan.

Prepare the smoker by lighting charcoal briquettes and placing cedar chips on top once they are hot.

Blow out the flames on the cedar chips and cover with a pan to smoke the oysters.

Prepare the Minette sauce by zesting a lemon and a lime using a rasp.

Squeeze about a teaspoon of lemon juice into minced shallots (approximately six shallots).

Add about half a cup of white wine vinegar to the shallots.

Drizzle in some extra virgin olive oil or canola oil and season with sea salt and cracked black pepper.

Plate each oyster with a touch of Minette sauce, adding lime zest, cracked peppercorn, Maldon salt flakes, and a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil on top.

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