Best Oysters With Orange And Ginger Mignonette Recipes

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OYSTERS WITH A CLASSIC MIGNONETTE SAUCE



Oysters with a Classic Mignonette Sauce image

Provided by Anne Burrell

Categories     appetizer

Time 25m

Yield 12 oysters

Number Of Ingredients 4

1/4 cup red wine vinegar
1 shallot, minced
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
12 large oysters, shucked

Steps:

  • Stir together the vinegar, shallots and 1/4 teaspoon salt and pepper in a small bowl. Let sit for at least 10 minutes to let the flavors combine. Drizzle the sauce over the oysters.

OYSTERS WITH GINGER MIGNONETTE



Oysters with Ginger Mignonette image

Provided by Dave Lieberman

Categories     appetizer

Time 10m

Yield 4 servings

Number Of Ingredients 6

1 small shallot minced
1/4 cup sherry vinegar
Couple small pinches superfine sugar
10 grinds freshly ground black pepper
1 teaspoon finely grated ginger
2 dozen shucked oysters on the half shell

Steps:

  • Whisk together mignonette ingredients and spoon over oysters.

OYSTERS WITH CHAMPAGNE-VINEGAR MIGNONETTE



Oysters with Champagne-Vinegar Mignonette image

Categories     Herb     Onion     Broil     Quick & Easy     Oyster     Grape     Gourmet

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.

HOG ISLAND OYSTERS WITH GINGER MIGNONETTE, CUCUMBER, AND WASABI TOBIKO



Hog Island Oysters with Ginger Mignonette, Cucumber, and Wasabi Tobiko image

Categories     Sauce     Ginger     Wasabi     Oyster     Cucumber

Yield serves 8

Number Of Ingredients 9

MIGNONETTE
1/4 cup unseasoned rice wine vinegar
1 1/2 teaspoons finely minced shallot
1 1/2 teaspoons finely minced fresh ginger
1/2 teaspoon sugar
1/2 teaspoon soy sauce
2 dozen Hog Island Sweetwater oysters or other fresh oysters
1/2 cup peeled and finely diced Armenian or English (hothouse) cucumber
1 ounce (about 2 tablespoons) wasabi-flavored tobiko (flying fish roe)

Steps:

  • For the mignonette: In a small bowl, whisk together the vinegar, shallot, ginger, sugar, and soy sauce until the sugar dissolves. Cover and refrigerate for at least 2 hours.
  • Shuck the oysters and place them, on the half shell, on crushed ice. Top each oyster with about 1 teaspoon of the diced cucumber. Whisk the mignonette, then spoon about 1/2 teaspoon over each oyster. Top with a small spoonful of tobiko and serve immediately.

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