Little Oyster Pies

Preparation info
  • Makes

    6

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
The Times Cookbook

By Frances Bissell

Published 1995

  • About

Ingredients

  • 6 oysters
  • freshly ground black pepper
  • 6 lettuce leaves, blanched
  • 4

Method

Remove the oysters from their shells, keeping the juice. Season lightly with pepper, and wrap in the lettuce leaves. Roll out the pastry and use to line six tartlet tins, reserving a third of the pastry to make ‘lids’ for the pies. Mix the remaining ingredients together with a little lemon juice and the strained oyster juice. Place some of the mixture in the lined tart tins, put the wrapped oys