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Oysters

By Food & Wine
Updated March 22, 2017
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Crispy Oysters with Fresh Horseradish Cocktail Sauce
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These brilliant recipes include John Besh’s delicious oyster tartlets, and a velvety chowder with bacon.
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Poached Oysters with Pickled Cucumber and Caviar

Poached Oysters with Pickled Cucumber and Caviar
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At The Sportsman in England, chef Stephen Harris celebrates the restaurant’s close proximity to the beach and some of the best oyster beds in the country. Here he poaches the oysters in their own liquor before putting them back in the shells and topping with creamy beurre blanc, tangy pickled cucumber and briny caviar.

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Oysters Rocafella

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Mario Carbone tops the oysters with a tangy vinegar-shallot mignonette, plus a Champagne-infused foam and frozen Champagne grapes.

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Oysters on the Half Shell with Rosé Mignonette

Oysters on the Half Shell with Rosé Mignonette. Photo © Michael Turek
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Great oysters are delicious "naked," as Island Creek founder Skip Bennett says, but sometimes chef Jeremy Sewall dresses them up with a mignonette (vinegar sauce) like this one, made with sparkling rosé.

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Oyster Tartlets

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As a child, New Orleans chef John Besh loved when family friend Mrs. Slaughter made little puff pastry cups and filled them with oysters in cream sauce. In this version, he places the oysters in mini tartlet shells, then tops them with a creamy horseradish sauce and crispy bread crumbs.

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Grilled Oysters with Spiced Tequila Butter

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Blaine Wetzel grills oysters, then drizzles them with butter flavored with sage, oregano, lemon juice and tequila. He prefers oysters from Samish Bay in the northern Puget Sound, where some food historians say the first Pacific oysters grew in 1919.

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Oysters Rockefeller

Oysters Rockefeller
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This renowned baked oyster dish was created at Antoine's Restaurant in New Orleans in 1899 by the proprietor, Jules Alciatore. According to legend, the dish was created as a substitute for baked snails, which were hard to obtain from France. It was named in honor of John D. Rockefeller, at that time one of the world’s richest men, because of the sauce’s intense richness. The following recipe is the old Delmonico restaurant’s take on the dish, with the Rockefeller sauce base used not only to make the Oysters Rockefeller appetizer, but also used as a spread on toast to create canapés.

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Grilled Oysters with Tabasco-Leek Butter

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"Oysters on the half shell can wobble on the grill," James Holmes says. "hat's a good thing—some butter will spill onto the coals, which smokes the oysters at the same time."

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Grilled Oysters with Spicy Tarragon Butter

Grilled Oysters with Spicy Tarragon Butter
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Bobby Flay tops his oysters with a blend of butter, tarragon and hot sauce, then returning them to the grill so the butter melts into little pools in the shells.

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Seafood Pan Roast

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With this mixed seafood roast, Grace Parisi proves that a dish can be both luxurious and simple. "As a kid, I thought shrimp scampi was the height of sophistication," Grace says. "I've taken it several steps higher by adding lobster, oysters and scallops."

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Creamy Oyster Stew with Fennel and Brown Bread Toasts

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Instead of serving this luxurious stew with oyster crackers, Jeremy Sewall brushes brown bread with rosemary butter, toasts it until crisp and dunks a piece in each bowl.

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Light and Creamy Oyster Chowder with Salsify

Light and Creamy Oyster Chowder with Salsify
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This light but intensely oystery soup was inspired by a recipe from Joanne Hendricks. Salsify is a root vegetable shaped like a skinny parsnip; it has blackish skin with white flesh and tastes a little like artichoke hearts. If you have trouble finding it, you can substitute Jerusalem artichokes (sunchokes) or, as a last resort, the pedestrian potato.

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Shrimp-and-Smoked-Oyster Chowder

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There are several tricks to this terrific chowder from Linton Hopkins. He adds potato chunks to the broth for thickness, then pours in a little naturally low-fat buttermilk for creamy tanginess. And instead of fatty bacon, he uses smoked oysters to give the chowder a slightly woodsy flavor.

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Andouille, Crab and Oyster Gumbo

Andouille, Crab and Oyster Gumbo
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This sensational seafood-packed gumbo comes from TV personality and F&W contributor Andrew Zimmern. It’s terrific in its simplicity, with a foolproof roux (the mix of fat and flour that is the basis for all gumbos) that requires just 15 minutes of stirring instead of the usual hour.

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Oyster Dressing "Grand-Mère"

Oyster Dressing "Grand-Mère"
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Chef John Besh says, "This is the only dish worthy of both Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner at our house." Why? Because it's unbelievably delicious—a bready dressing that's spicy, crispy and nicely briny.

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Fire-Grilled Oysters with Green Garlic and Pastis Butter

Fire-Grilled Oysters with Green Garlic and Pastis Butter
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The mingling of oyster juices with butter, herbs, chile and pastis makes these irresistibly slurpable.

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Grilled Oysters with Chorizo Butter

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No shucking necessary: Once the oysters open on the grill, simply top them with David Kinch’s smoky, tangy butter.

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Oyster & Crab Pan Roast

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This is Bryant Ng’s twist on a classic seafood pan roast. “I thought, Why not do a soup with oysters?” In place of the usual heavy cream, he enriches the broth with fragrant coconut milk.

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Montauk Scallop and Oyster Pan Roast

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"In larger portions, it’s a meal-in-a-bowl dinner that your whole family will love. For parties, I make a large batch and serve it out of coffee mugs."—Andrew Zimmern

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Smoky Oyster Chowder with Bacon, Rosemary and Fennel

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This velvety chowder from chef Dylan Fultineer is thickened with a classic flour-and-butter roux. He packs it with plump oysters and tender fingerling potatoes, and adds a kick of heat from dried red chiles. For extra flavor, he uses bacon from Benton’s Smoky Mountain Country Hams in Tennessee, which is famous for its intense smokiness.

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Oyster Tartare Sauce with Potato Chips

Oyster Tartare Sauce with Potato Chips
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This ingenious, briny sauce couldn’t be simpler: Chef René Redzepi purees raw oysters with a little of their liquor, plus rice vinegar and oil. He adds diced blanched vegetables for texture, then serves the dip with potato chips.

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Crispy Oysters with Fresh Horseradish Cocktail Sauce

Crispy Oysters with Fresh Horseradish Cocktail Sauce
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Inspired by the nostalgic New Orleans fried oyster po'boy, Pontchartrain Hotel executive chef Chris Lusk prefers larger, meatier Louisiana oysters for this dish. If you can't find them, Wellfleets are a good substitute.

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    1 of 21 Poached Oysters with Pickled Cucumber and Caviar
    2 of 21 Oysters Rocafella
    3 of 21 Oysters on the Half Shell with Rosé Mignonette
    4 of 21 Oyster Tartlets
    5 of 21 Grilled Oysters with Spiced Tequila Butter
    6 of 21 Oysters Rockefeller
    7 of 21 Grilled Oysters with Tabasco-Leek Butter
    8 of 21 Grilled Oysters with Spicy Tarragon Butter
    9 of 21 Seafood Pan Roast
    10 of 21 Creamy Oyster Stew with Fennel and Brown Bread Toasts
    11 of 21 Light and Creamy Oyster Chowder with Salsify
    12 of 21 Shrimp-and-Smoked-Oyster Chowder
    13 of 21 Andouille, Crab and Oyster Gumbo
    14 of 21 Oyster Dressing "Grand-Mère"
    15 of 21 Fire-Grilled Oysters with Green Garlic and Pastis Butter
    16 of 21 Grilled Oysters with Chorizo Butter
    17 of 21 Oyster & Crab Pan Roast
    18 of 21 Montauk Scallop and Oyster Pan Roast
    19 of 21 Smoky Oyster Chowder with Bacon, Rosemary and Fennel
    20 of 21 Oyster Tartare Sauce with Potato Chips
    21 of 21 Crispy Oysters with Fresh Horseradish Cocktail Sauce

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