Name: Seafood Platter
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 1 h 5 min
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: ½ litre large clams; 1 litre mussels; hearty, dense country bread, thinly sliced; 12 Brittany oysters; Tabasco; seaweed or crushed ice, to serve; 500 g prawns (size according to budget!); ½ litre winkles; ½ litre whelks; red wine shallot vinegar (see the oyster recipe); 3 lemons, cut in half; 3 crabs; 12 langoustines

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
1 hr 5

Appears in

The French Kitchen

By Joanne Harris and Fran Warde

Published 2002

About

If I were to plan my last meal, Fruits de Mer would be the main course. To me it evokes everything that is good about food: the joy of excellent ingredients, simply presented; the time it takes to eat, and the pleasure of eating in an informal environment, surrounded by friends and family. This is not a dish to be consumed in haste, or in silence, or in pretentious or intimidating surroundings, or in uncongenial company.

It requires time and leisure. It encourages conversatio