Baked oysters are usually cooked by frying or baking directly in shells using various additives. In addition, they can be removed from the sink and laid out on a baking sheet, sprinkled with garlic, breadcrumbs or greased with oil, and then baked. Another way to get baked oysters is to fry them over an open fire using Worcester sauce or a little butter as seasoning. Alternatively, oysters are added to pasta dishes or delicious casseroles with seafood are prepared.
Shellfish - an exquisite delicacy
Oysters are rare guests in our homes. This is partly due to the fact that not everyone understands their taste. However, real gourmets will not save on delicacy, wanting to fully feel the taste of the sea, exotic and iodine with sourness - they will still try oyster.
This sea mollusk was once brought to Russia by Peter I. Since that time, many events have passed, however, oysters are still considered one of the most delicious and expensive dishes that came to us from France.
Oysters can be cooked using heat treatment in different ways. The basic rule is to strictly follow the recipe. You can spoil a sea mollusk with ease, therefore it is necessary to approach its baking with care. Exquisite delicacy is combined only with some products, for example, onions and other vegetables.
Baked Oysters Recipe
Having prepared oysters according to this recipe, you can get an unusual and tasty dish. From the proposed number of sea mollusks it turns out relatively inexpensive, but the original dinner for 2-3 persons. If desired, the resulting dish is served beautifully, laying out on a dish, and decorated with greens or grated cheese. Preparing a snack for 15 minutes.
For cooking, you need the following ingredients:
- oysters - 1 kg;
- cheese - 50 g;
- greens - a twig;
- garlic - 3 tooth.
Practical part
Cooking sea mollusks is not at all difficult. To do this, they should be thawed, rinse well under running water and put on a baking sheet. The oven should be preheated 180 degrees. Oysters are baked for 10 minutes.
In order for the baked oysters (a photo of the gourmet dish is in the article) to impress everyone with their taste, you need to make a spicy dressing. You can cook it while baking the dish. In order to make dressing, you need prepared greens (dill), cheese, butter, garlic and salt, grind in a blender, thus preparing a paste. After the oysters are baked, they should be removed from the oven and put on a dish.
Using the mixture, you can give the dish a special taste. To do this, each mollusk is smeared with dressing on top.
Oysters baked with cheese
The taste of the sea delicacy prepared according to this recipe is usually supplemented with wine. White wine with a slightly pronounced bouquet is perfect. Some prefer dry champagne. In addition, there are gourmets of baked oysters that use strong alcohol with seafood.
For cooking, you will need the following ingredients:
- oysters - 8 pcs.;
- red lettuce onion - 1 pc.;
- butter - 100 g;
- goat fat - 100 g;
- white wine - 300 ml;
- leek - 1 pc.;
- lemon - 1 pc.
To start cooking baked oysters, you need to defrost them. This must be done at room temperature. It should also be known and remembered that mollusks are not stored in shells for a long time, so they must be cooked immediately after opening and defrosting. In the shells themselves, frozen seafood should be stored for no more than 3 days, clean meat with juice - for 90 days, provided that the temperature is minus.
How to cook a sea delicacy? To do this, the contents of the shell should be boiled in wine, then carefully remove the meat, and carefully remove the dirt from the hard shell itself.
Leek and salad onions should be stored with slices of oil, and then evaporated with a small amount of the remaining alcoholic beverage. In half the sink, as in a boat, put the stewed vegetables, and put the oyster itself on top of them. Grate the cheese and put on top of the oysters, sprinkle with lemon juice and place in a preheated oven or oven. A gourmet meal is prepared until the cheese product floats.