Pan-Fried Oysters with Tangy Crème Fraîche

Name: Pan-Fried Oysters with Tangy Crème Fraîche
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 Tbsps canola oil; 3 Tbsps crème fraîche; 158 milliliters dry white wine; 2 teaspoons sustainable American caviar or fish roe; 2 teaspoons fresh thyme leaves; 158 milliliters panko (Japanese breadcrumbs); 59 milliliters chopped shallots; 18 larges fresh oysters in shells; 1 tarragon sprig; 2 thyme sprigs; 1 Tbsp champagne vinegar or white wine vinegar

Watching your figure? This pescatarian recipe has 116 calories, 2g of protein, and 6g of fat per serving. This recipe serves 6. A mixture of thyme leaves, panko, fish roe, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so scrumptious. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 40 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 17

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Oven

Carefully shuck oysters over a small, heavy saucepan. Sever oyster meat from shells; remove oysters from shells into a fine-mesh sieve set over pan, capturing oyster liquor in pan.

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Oysters

Liquor

Pasta Shells

Meat

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Sauce Pan

Sieve

Frying Pan

Place oysters in a small bowl; chill. Discard top halves of shells. Scrape adductor muscle from bottom halves of shells; discard muscle. Scrub bottom halves of shells clean. Arrange bottom halves of shells on a jelly-roll pan; place in oven.

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Oysters

Pasta Shells

Jelly

Roll

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Bowl

Oven

Frying Pan

Add wine and next 4 ingredients (through tarragon) to saucepan with oyster liquor, and cook over medium heat for 9 minutes or until reduced to 3 tablespoons. Strain through a fine sieve lined with cheesecloth, and discard solids.

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Tarragon

Liquor

Oysters

Wine

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Cheesecloth

Sauce Pan

Sieve

Whisk crme frache into liquid. Keep warm.

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Whisk

Place panko in a shallow dish.

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Panko

Heat a small nonstick skillet over medium-high heat.

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Frying Pan

Add 1 tablespoon oil to pan, and swirl to coat. Dredge 9 oysters in panko; shake off excess. Arrange coated oysters in a single layer in pan; saut 2 minutes on each side or until golden.

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Oysters

Panko

Shake

Cooking Oil

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Frying Pan

Remove oysters from pan, and place 1 cooked oyster in each of 9 warm shells. Keep warm. Repeat the procedure with remaining 1 tablespoon oil, 9 oysters, panko, and shells. Top each oyster with 1 1/2 teaspoons sauce and 1/8 teaspoon caviar.

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Oysters

Caviar