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Oysters with fresh linguine, cucumber, champagne and caviar


Oysters with fresh linguine, cucumber, champagne and caviar

Ingredients

pasta dough

  • ½ kg 00 Flour
  • 8 organic egg yolks
  • Salt & Pepper

oysters

  • 24 Oysters shucked and juice retained
  • 1 Cucumber peeled and cut into fine julienne
  • ½ bottle French Champagne
  • 250 g French unsalted Butter
  • 500 ml King Island Cream
  • 1 bunch chervil
  • 4 shallots peeled and finely sliced
  • 1 sprig Tarragon
  • 60 g Caviar
  • 250 g Rock salt
  • 2 Lemons with leafs

Method

pasta dough

  1. Add the flour, egg yolks & seasoning into a food processor & process till it forms a dough.
  2. Roll the pasta & cut into linguine.

oysters

  1. For the Champagne cream - In a pot add the champagne, the shallots & the tarragon sprig.
  2. Reduce the champagne to 100 ml.
  3. Add the cream ½ the oyster juice.
  4. Reduce the cream sauce by 1/2, whisk in the butter & season with salt, pepper & a squeeze of lemon.
  5. Pass the sauce & add ½ the chopped chervil.
  6. For the pasta & the cucumber - Blanch the pasta in boiling salted water till cooked but still al dente.
  7. Cook the cucumber in a little butter till soft.
  8. Combine the pasta & the cucumber & season.
  9. For the oysters - Divide the rock salt between the 4 plates & place 6 oysters on each.
  10. Divide the linguine & cucumber between the shells.
  11. Warm the oysters in the juice & place on the linguine & cucumber in the shell.
  12. Sauce each oyster add a dollop of caviar & serve garnished with chervil sprigs & wedges of lemon.
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