Name: Oysters set on Watercress in Tomato Jelly, Sour Cream, Cucumber and Chives
Cuisine: United Kingdom
Ingredients: crushed ice, sea salt or blanched seaweed as a bed for the oysters; ½ leaves of gelatine, soaked in cold water; bunch of large-leaf watercress; 4 tbsp whipping cream; 250 ml / 9 fl oz Clear Chilled Tomato Juice; salt and freshly ground white pepper; juice of ½ lemon; 24 oysters; ¼ cucumber, deseeded and finely diced; 1 tbsp chopped chives; 1 large tomato, blanched, skinned, deseeded and finely diced

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Rhubarb and Black Pudding

By Paul Heathcote and Matthew Fort

Published 1998

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Ingredients

24 oysters
crushed ice, sea salt or blanched seaweed as a bed for the oysters
bunch of large-leaf watercress

Method

Open the oysters, remove them from their shells and drain in a sieve (the juices can be retained for a stock or sauce). Rinse gently in cold running water to remove any grit, then pat dry gently with a clean cloth. Scrape and clean the deep shells. Set them on plates nestling on beds of crushed ice, sea salt or blanched seaweed.
Pick over the watercress, leavin

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Oysters set on Watercress in Tomato Jelly, Sour Cream, Cucumber and Chives

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