Shellfish and Seafood

Oysterss dressed with spinach
Oysterss dressed with spinach
  • For : 4 to 6 servings
  • Time : 1 h 30
  • Difficulty :  medium

For this recipe, you need :

  • 40 round oysters
  • 25 g shallots
  • 10 cl dry white wine
  • 500 g spinach
  • 250 g butter
  • salt
  • pepper
  • 4 tomatoes

Technical Stages :

  • Shuck the oysters. Save the water of the oysters in a container. Remove them from the shell.
  • Thinly slice the shallots.
  • Place them in a saucepan along with the white wine.
  • Add the filtered water of the oysters.
  • Blanch the spinach leaves in a boiling salted water in a saucepan for a few minutes. Cool in a container full of icy water to fix the colour of the spinach.
  • To poach the oysters, pour them in the white wine and shallots mixture and gently bring to a simmer.
  • Once simmering, remove from the heat and leave to poach for a few minutes. Then place them on paper towel.
  • Lay the spinach leaves flat on a clean cloth. Roll up the oysters one after another into the leaves to make small packs. Keep warm.
  • Reduce the rest of wine and shallots.
  • Meanwhile, peel the tomatoes. Remove the flesh in petal shape and crush them in a small regular.
  • When there is only one tablespoon of white wine left in the saucepan, add a bit of cold water (1 to 2 tsp.) and bring to a boil. Add chilled butter cut into pieces and thoroughly mix using a whisk. This emulsion must be made on very high heat to obtain a creamy texture.
  • Strain the sauce using a chinois or fine sieve by pressing well to extract maximum flavors.
  • Add the diced tomatoes and keep warm. Adjust seasoning. Go easy with salt as the water of the oysters is naturally salted.
  • From then, the sauce should not boil anymore or it would loose its creamy texture.
  • Place the hot oysters nicely on a plate and coat them with warm sauce.
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