Last night I had a hard time getting to sleep. Something kept saying, “Hello! Fish!” I think my body was rebelling against the hearty, meaty diet I sustained in Alsace. In any case, it was a day to make a visit to the fishmonger.
Of course when I arrived, greed overcame need as it usually does. So many good things, so little time! In addition to the oysters, I bought some beautiful hake fillets and some salmon for later consumption.
As I was taking the oysters from the jar to rinse, I thought about how good life can be when you’ve found a cheerful, accomodating oyster shucker in France. I like fried oysters but I have never shucked an oyster in my life, nor have I had the desire. Yes, I purchased the knife but I was temporarily mind snatched in the supermarket. When I got it home, I couldn’t believe myself! My mother bought them in jars and what was good enough for her, except for the vegetables, is good enough for me!
Jade and I decided that lime mayonnaise would tame these wild, wild oysters.
Scrumptious!
Gratuitous shot of miscellaneous place settings I bought in Alsace.
Wild Mediterranean Oysters with Lime Mayonnaise
1/2 cup mayonnaise
2 tsp garlic flavored chilli, rooster on the front of the jar
Juice of 1 lime
30 oysters, shucked, rinsed and patted dry
Cornflour
2 eggs, beaten
Fine panko bread crumbs
Peanut oil
Salt
Mix the mayonnaise, chili, lime juice and refrigerate.
Coat the oysters with the cornflour, then dip into the egg, then the bread crumbs. Fry in the peanut oil until golden. Sprinkle with salt and serve immediately with the chili mayonnaise.
That sounds heavenly – especially with garlic and chilli in the mayonnaise!
What’s great about this mayonnaise is that it accents, rather than overwhelms, seafood and fish. One of our favorites 🙂
This takes me to a holiday in Vancouver years ago where I had my first oyster cooked in this way. Love them. That mayo looks perfect. I’ve always wanted to replicate my Vancouver oysters, so will have to give your wonderful recipe a go.
Cheers
Marcus
Thank you Marcus. You’re going to love them! We did 🙂
I love oysters! And the sambal lime mayo… Delish!
Hi Tessa. I didn’t use sambal but you could. The taste might be slightly different, but not in a bad way.
I love oysters and I think I’d make these just for that delicious sauce. Happy weekend!
Thank you Karista. You have a nice weekend also!
Looks and sounds wonderful. I’ve never had lime mayonnaise – I must try it.
Thank you chaise.
Rosemary, I just can’t go along with oysters in jars. It’s like buying frozen chopped onions, but worse:)
Roger, okay you can say that about the ones my mom bought, but the fishmonger shucks them in front of me and puts them in a jar. I go home and cook them. What’s the difference?
I am such an inexperienced oyster shucker that every time I do it, I almost end up in the ER. As long as you tote those babies home and fry them lickety split, I see no reason to injure yourself!
Pros can do it way better and way faster than I ever can without injuring themselves or ruining the oyster. I suppose I could get better at it, but that would be a lot of oysters to shuck!
So keep buying them, Rosemary! I support you!
It’s either buy them pre-shucked or do without Daisy 🙂
Nice cutlery! When I saw the photo of this I knew it was from you, Rosemary. These look utterly fantastic, I really want to try an oyster!
Thank you frugal You’ve never had an oyster? I don’t like them raw but I like them fried, grilled and in chowder.
Nope, I’m not that seasoned… :D. They are awfully expensive too. I’m sure I’ll try them before long.
I’m going to have to try these, I have all but the cornflour and the oysters:) I’ve shucked oysters.. not as tough as I thought.. you bash them on the head and they open up a bit for your “knife”.. kind of fun actually because I got to wear workmen’s gloves, lol!
Really? Before I came to my senses, I watched a video on youtube showing how to shuck an oyster and I was not impressed 🙂 Fishmonger, Smidge, fishmonger. I don’t want to take their jobs away 🙂
Yeah! Support oyster shuckers!!!!
Every time I look at your beautiful photos, I think that I MUST get a new camera. Of course, I could also use a few tips from you! Let me know if you’re ever in the Chicago area 🙂
Thank you. I’ve never been to Illinois but I’d like to visit.
Yum! Also your place settings look wonderful.
Thank you Spoon. I wanted something new and they had something different in Haguenau.
That knife that stands on edge is divine. Next to food, I love tableware, flowers, and fine linens.
Of course the spoons are nice too.
I loved the knife too 🙂
And this looks amazing! I love fried oysters. With mayonnaise. And this lime mayonnaise sounds divine.
Thank you Daisy.
That squared off spoon with the funny handle is quite fun. And of course, I love oysters, raw, baked, fried…. these look wonderful.
Thank you Greg.
I would love to have this with ice cold beer, look like a really good finger food. Yum!
Thank you rs.
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Hungry already!