Glazed Oysters on a Bed of Crab

Name: Glazed Oysters on a Bed of Crab (Huîtres et crabe des isles gratinées)
Cuisine: Swiss
Ingredients: 24 oysters; juice of ½ lemon; 60 ml (4 tbsp) fish stock; 1 egg yolk; 75 g (3 oz) white crab meat; salt and freshly ground pepper; salt and freshly ground pepper; lemon crown and tomato rose to garnish; lemon crown and tomato rose to garnish

Huîtres et crabe des isles gratinées

Preparation info

4
people

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Cuisine Naturelle

By Anton Mosimann

Published 1985

About

Ingredients

24 oysters
juice of ½ lemon
60 ml (

Europe
Switzerland
France
Fish course
Pescatarian
Gluten-free

Method

Open the oysters and cut away the silver tendon that holds the oyster to the shell. Remove the oysters from their shells. Strain any liquid into a small pan.
Place oysters in the pan with the lemon juice and stock, and poach for 15 seconds.
Remove from the pan, and reduce the stock by half by rapid boiling.
Remove from heat and whisk in egg yo