Name: Poached Oysters in Green Waistcoats
Yield: For four people
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 70 g (2⅓ oz) carrots; 20 g (¾ oz) butter; 1 tablespoon lemon juice; pepper; salt and pepper; 24 plump oysters – native or Portuguese; 1 litre (1¾ pints) water and 2 teaspoons coarse salt; 80 g (2¾ oz) white part of leeks; 150 g (5¼ oz) butter, softened to room temperature; 24 lettuce leaves

Preparation info

For
four
people

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Cuisine Gourmande

By Michel Guérard

Published 1978

About

Huîtres chaudes en feuilles vertes ‘Oysters wrapped in lettuce with hot butter sauce’

Ingredients

Main ingredients

24 plump oysters – native or Portuguese

Method

Preparation of the vegetables

Clean and wash the carrots and leeks, and cut them into fine julienne strips.
Heat the butter in a shallow pan and cook the julienne briskly, seasoned with salt and pepper, for 2 minutes. Keep hot.
Bring the water and salt to the boil in a large pan. Blanch the lettuce leaves in it fo