Title: Oyster And Sea Urchin Stew
Categories: Taste1
Yield: 4 servings

16 Oysters
8 Sea urchins
(or 1/2 cup urchin roe)
1 bn Spinach leaves
1 ts Fresh lemon juice
5 tb Heavy cream
Salt; to taste
Freshly-ground white pepper;
-to taste
2 ts Finely-chopped fresh chives
-or parsley

Shuck the oysters into a bowl and refrigerate. Discard the shells. Cut into
the top of the sea urchins and then around the sides with a strong pair of
scissors. Carefully spoon out the orange or yellow roe and reserve it in a
small bowl in the refrigerator. If you're serving the stew in the sea
urchin shells, scrub them thoroughly and dry them in a 200 degree oven.
Blanch the spinach leaves in boiling water for 30 seconds, rinse them in a
colander under cold running water, squeeze out the excess water and
reserve. Warm the oysters in their liquid in a saucepan over medium heat
until the liquid barely begins to simmer at the edge of the pan and the
oysters begin to curl around the edges, about 3 minutes. With a slotted
spoon, transfer the hot oysters to a clean kitchen towel or clean napkin so
any grit will pull off the oysters and cling to the towel. Strain the
oyster-cooking liquid through a fine strainer into a clean saucepan. Add
the lemon juice and 4 tablespoons of the heavy cream to the oyster liquid
and simmer gently for about 5 minutes, until the mixture has the
consistancy of cold heavy cream. Meanwhile, simmer the remaining tablespoon
of cream in a small pan until it thickens. Season with salt and pepper and
add the spinach. Stir for a minute over medium heat to heat the spinach.
Arrange the spinach in a small mound in the center of each soup plate or
sea urchin shell. Gently stir the chives, oysters and sea urchin roe into
the oyster sauce and heat gently -- without boiling -- for about 30
seconds. Arrange the oysters and roe around and over the spinach. Make sure
everyone gets 4 oysters. Spoon over the sauce. Serve immediately. This
recipe yields 4 servings.

Recipe Source: TASTE with David Rosengarten Recipe Courtesy of James
Peterson From the TV FOOD NETWORK - (Show # TS-1G31 broadcast 01-28-1998)
Downloaded from their Web-Site - http://www.foodtv.com

Formatted for MasterCook by Joe Comiskey, aka MR MAD - jpmd44a@prodigy.com
~or- MAD-SQUAD@prodigy.net

03-30-1998

Recipe by: David Rosengarten

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