Oyster Ceviche In The Shell With Popcorn Food

OYSTER CEVICHE IN THE SHELL WITH POPCORN

Steps:

• Pop your favorite popcorn right before party (no butter just salted).
• Combine the onion, celery, ginger, chile, and citrus juice with cilantro. Season with salt and pepper.
• Right before serving, top each oyster with ceviche mix and serve with a big bowl of just popped popcorn.

SMOKED OYSTER CEVICHE STYLE

Steps:

• Drain oysters, cut in half. In a small bowl, combine lime and lemon juice, chili powder and oregano. Add oysters and gently coat with marinade. Marinate for 2-3 hours in the refrigerator. In a bowl, combine the rest of the ingredients, except the lettuce leaves. Keep well chilled.
• An hour before serving, drain oysters, add to the vegetable mixture and toss gently. Return to the refrigerator until servng time. Serve on crisp lettuce leaves.
• Makes approximately 3 side salads or could be used as an appetizer.

AMUSE BOUCHE OF THYMEROASTED OYSTERS IN THE SHELL

Steps:

• Remove the oyster from the shell and place on paper towels. Reserve the bottom half of the shell and scrub well. Pick 6 sprigs of thyme and reserve for garnish. Sprinkle the other thyme over the oysters and season with pepper. Heat the olive oil in a small saute pan and add the oysters, thyme side down. Cook for 20 seconds until oysters are lightly brown. Return the oyster to bottom shell with a drop of lamb jus. Mound the salt over 6 small plates and place the oyster and shell on the salt. Garnish with remaining thyme sprigs.

OYSTERS ON THE HALF SHELL WITH GREEN TOBIKO CAVIAR AND YUZU GRANITEE

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, heat the lemon zest and lime zest with the sake over medium-high heat until the sake is evaporated. Set aside to cool.
• In a separate saucepan, mix water, sugar, yuzu juice, lemon juice, lime juice, and corn syrup and bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Reduce heat to low and simmer without stirring until all the sugar has dissolved, about 3 to 5 minutes. Remove pot from heat and let syrup cool completely. Add the lemon and lime zest, then pour into a shallow baking dish or plastic container and place in the freezer. (The 6 cup capacity shallow plastic containers with a lid that measure 6 inches by 10 inches by 2 inches deep, and which you can get in grocery stores would be ideal for the purpose.)
• Check after about 2 hours and stir the mixture. After about 4 hours, the mixture will have begun to set up, and you can score the surface by turning a spoon backwards and using the tip to scrape the frozen syrup into "ice curls." Repeat this scraping process periodically, every 2 hours or so, until all of the syrup is scraped into the consistency of water ice. Serve after 8 hours.
• Arrange the oysters on a bed of ice. Top each oyster with 1/8 teaspoon of wasabi and 1/8 teaspoon caviar. Serve with yuzu granitee.