50 Poached Oysters in Green Waistcoats

Preparation info
  • For

    four

    people
    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in

By Michel Guérard

Published 1978

  • About

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

Ingredients

Main ingredients

  • 24 plump oystersnative or Portuguese

Method

Preparation of the vegetables

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