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Boisbriand Oysters

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Why not try your hand at some fancy French cooking?
Sometimes, indulging in a rich recipe is the best way to eat oysters. Treat yourself! You deserve it.
The slight bitter tone to most of theingredients is wonderfully balanced by the shallot and the oyster flesh and thebay leaf, as ever, does an awful lot of heavy lifting. Indeed, the aromaticdepth it offers the dish ensures nothing is ever too sweet or too sour,acting as the dish’s great leveler.
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Prep Time 50 minutes
Servings: 2 People
Course: Appetizer
Cuisine: French
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 8 Oysters
  • 3 Bay Leaves
  • 1 Shallot
  • 4 Cloves of Star Anise
  • tsp of Flour
  • tsp of Salted Butter
  • 2 tbsp of Sherry (don’t need to use an Expensive Bottle!)
  • Salt and Pepper to taste
  • 1 cup of Milk
  • 1 tin of Crab Mate
  • 250g of Gruyere Cheese (grated)
  • 2 tsp Paprika

Method
 

  1. Roughly chop the shallot
  2. Mix that with milk, bay leaves, star anise, salt and pepper into a pot on low heat
  3. Bring to a boil
  4. As soon as it starts bubbling, take off the heat and let sit for 15 minutes
  5. In another pot, melt butter over a low heat
  6. Add flour to make a roux, making sure you keep sitting
  7. Remove the solids out of your milk mixture
  8. Add milk mixture into your roux
  9. Stir until you make a white sauce
  10. Add shery
  11. Mix and turn down to lowest heat
  12. Open oysters
  13. Keep the shell the fresh is attached to plus the water inside
  14. Line a baking sheet with coarse salt, creating a salt bed for each oyster
  15. Place oysters on the sheet
  16. Add crab meat shared over each oyster
  17. Pour white sauce over oyster and crab
  18. Grate cheese on top too plus aa dash of paprika
  19. Place in a pre-heated oven at 180c (350f) for 15 minutes
  20. Remove from oven and place under grill (broiler) until cheese is browned
  21. Remove and serve!

Notes

Pro Tip: Top with some sprigs of fresh rosemary. Pair with a dry white wine.
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