Vetted Recipes

Oysters a la Russe

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons vodka
  • 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice
  • 1/4 teaspoon prepared horseradish
  • Dash hot pepper sauce
  • Pinch granulated sugar
  • Pinch salt
  • 1 plum tomato, seeded and finely chopped
  • 1 tablespoon chives, finely chopped
  • 12 large oysters
  • Coarse cracked black peppercorns

Instructions

  1. Stir together vodka, lemon juice, horseradish, hot pepper sauce, sugar and salt. Gently stir in tomato and chives. Clean oysters under running water; shuck and discard top shell, sever membrane on bottom of shell. Spoon vodka relish on oysters. Dust with pepper and serve on a bed of shaved ice.

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