Oysters, crispy bread and crispy eschalots
Prep
05m
Cook
05m
makes
12
Oysters, crispy bread and crispy eschalots
Treat your guests to something a little bit fancy at your next party with these impressive yet effortless starters.
Ingredients (8)
- 1/4 cup (15g) fresh breadcrumbs
- Pinch of ground cloves
- Sunflower oil, to shallow-fry
- 3/4 cup (110g) plain flour
- 3 eschalots, thinly sliced into rings
- 1 1/2 tbs creme fraiche
- 12 rock oysters, shucked
- Rock salt and lemon wedges, to serve
Don't forget you can add these ingredients to your Woolworths shopping list.
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1.Heat a frypan over low heat, add the breadcrumbs and ground cloves, and toast, tossing pan regularly, for 5 minutes or until golden and fragrant. Set aside.
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2.Heat 1cm oil in a saucepan over medium heat. Place the flour in a bowl, separate the eschalot rings and toss in flour. In 2 batches, shallow-fry for 20 seconds or until golden. Using a slotted spoon, remove fried rings and transfer to paper towel to drain and crisp up. Repeat with remaining eschalot.
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3.Carefully spoon 1/2 tsp creme fraiche onto each oyster, then sprinkle over toasted breadcrumbs and top with crispy eschalot.
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4.Place oysters on a serving platter on top of small mounds of rock salt, to hold them in place, and serve immediately with lemon wedges.
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