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Oysters with fresh linguine, cucumber, champagne and caviar
Recipe by
Darren Simpson
from
The Best In Australia
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
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Method
pasta dough
Add the flour, egg yolks & seasoning into a food processor & process till it forms a dough.
Roll the pasta & cut into linguine.
oysters
For the Champagne cream - In a pot add the champagne, the shallots & the tarragon sprig.
Reduce the champagne to 100 ml.
Add the cream ½ the oyster juice.
Reduce the cream sauce by 1/2, whisk in the butter & season with salt, pepper & a squeeze of lemon.
Pass the sauce & add ½ the chopped chervil.
For the pasta & the cucumber - Blanch the pasta in boiling salted water till cooked but still al dente.
Cook the cucumber in a little butter till soft.
Combine the pasta & the cucumber & season.
For the oysters - Divide the rock salt between the 4 plates & place 6 oysters on each.
Divide the linguine & cucumber between the shells.
Warm the oysters in the juice & place on the linguine & cucumber in the shell.
Sauce each oyster add a dollop of caviar & serve garnished with chervil sprigs & wedges of lemon.
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