Grilled Oysters with Spiced Beer

Name: Grilled Oysters with Spiced Beer
Yield: Serves 4 as a starter
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: a small pinch /10-15 saffron strands, crushed; 150 ml / ¼ pint / ⅔ cup golden ale; 15 g / ½ oz / ⅛ stick unsalted butter; 1 shallot, peeled and chopped; ½ tsp peeled and grated fresh ginger; pinch of ground white pepper; 1 tsp plain flour; ½ -1 ½ tsp verjuice or white wine vinegar, to taste; 1-2 tsp caster sugar, to taste; 4 tbsp fresh white breadcrumbs; ½ -1 ½ tsp verjuice or white wine vinegar, to taste; 1 tbsp finely chopped parsley; 2 tbsp finely grated parmesan; 12 oysters, opened but still in their shells; 12 oysters, opened but still in their shells

Preparation info

Serves
4
as a starter

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Fool's Gold

By Sam Bilton

Published 2022

About

Inspired by the recipe ‘Oysters In Gravy Bastard’ in Two Fifteenth Century Cookbooks (Harl. MS 279).

Ingredients

a small pinch /10-15 saffron strands, crushed
150 ml / ¼ pint / ⅔

Europe
United Kingdom
Fish course
Pescatarian

Method

Infuse the saffron in a tablespoon of ale.
Melt the butter in a small pan then fry the shallot and fresh ginger until golden. Add a good pinch of white pepper then stir in the plain flour followed by the remaining ale and one teaspoon of the sugar (there is no need to add salt as the oysters are salty enough). Gently simmer for 3 to 5 minutes u