Oyster platter with homemade hot sauce
Oysters are the perfect entertaining food. They are lovely with a drink and require almost no effort on your part. I usually budget on two oysters for each person, but you know your friends better than I do.
Ingredients
2 dozen oysters
lemon wedges
Oyster hot sauce
(makes about 1 litre)
400g large mild red chillies (or a mix of chillies as you like)
2 eschallots, peeled and chopped
1 cup white vinegar
2 tbsp caster sugar
2 tbsp fish sauce
1 tsp salt
2 tbsp vodka
juice of 2 lemons
Method
For the hot sauce, combine all of the ingredients except the vodka and lemon juice in a non-reactive saucepan with 750ml of water. Bring to a boil and simmer, covered, for 10 minutes. Allow to cool to room temperature, then place into a blender with the vodka and lemon juice. Blend to a smooth purée, then pass through a sieve to remove any solids. You can skip the straining if you prefer.
Bottle the sauce into a number of small bottles. It will keep in the fridge for up to 3 months.Arrange the oysters on a platter and serve with the hot sauce and lemon wedges. Keep the remaining bottles of hot sauce to give as gifts.
Also try: Adam Liaw's katsu finger sandwiches
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