Recipe: Oysters in Chablis jelly

Name: huîtres en gelée muscadine
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4 portions
Ingredients: 24 fines de claires n°330 cl de muscadet sur lie1 échalote ciseléepoivre du moulinpour la mousse½ botte de cresson100 g de mascarpone(ou fromage blanc égoutté)10 g de feuilles de gélatine mises dans de l'eau froidesel et poivre du moulin

By chef patrick ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5 (5 reviews) Fishes

Prep 15 min

Cook 15 min

Total 30 min

Servings 4 serv.

Ingredients for 4 servings

Oysters in Chablis jelly (4 servings):

24 specially fattened greenish oysters (size N°3)
3/10 liter (a large cup or nearly half a bottle)of Chablis wine (note of the translator: if you can find it, a true Chablis, from Chablis, a specific wine area of Burgundy)
1 thinly chopped shallot

freshly ground pepperFor the 'mousse' :

1/2 bunch of watercress
100 grams (1/4 pound) of mascarpone cheese (or another stained cottage cheese)
10 sheets of gelatine softened in cold water

table salt and freshly ground pepper

Step-by-step directions

1- Open the oyster shells, get the oysters out of their shells and the oysters with their the sea water(*)

2- In a saucepan, boil the wine with the shallot, reduce it to half quantity then add the gelatine sheets after you have pressed them in your hand

3- Make it boiling then thinly sieve it and let it cooling it down to room temperature.

4- Remove the stalks from the watercress and pour the leaves into boiling water during 10 seconds then in chilled water. Stain it and mix it with the (seasoned) marcarpone to make a mousse.

5- Put a little of mousse in the bottom of each shell, then put 1 oyster in each shell then some jelly not fully thickened yet. Then keep in the fridge for at least 2 hours before serving.

(*) I do not use the sea water brought up by oysters because too many peaople would find the dish too much salty.

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