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Wild Blueberry and Preserved Lemon Oysters

Ingredients
  

COMPONENTS
  • 3 ea Sebastian Silvers Oysters
  • 1/2c fresh watermelon juice
  • 1/4c small diced watermelon rind
  • 1 ea lemon
  • 9ea wild blueberries- fresh
WATERMELON MIGNONETTE
  • 2T red wine vinegar
  • 2T fresh watermelon juice
  • 2T small dice seedless watermelon
  • 2 tsp minced scallion
  • 2 tsp chopped mint
  • Zest of 1 lime
  • Mix all ingredients together- chill.
PICKLED WATERMELON RIND
  • 3T  brunoised watermelon rind
  • 4T sugar
  • 1/4c champagne vinegar
  • 1 tsp pickling spice

Method
 

  1. Combine all ingredients together in a small sauce pot. Dissolve sugar. Cool.
PRESERVED LEMON
  1. 2ea lemons- peel and chiffonade rind
  2. 1/4c champagne vinegar
  3. 1/4c sugar
  4. 1 c water
  5. From room temperature, bring lemon rind and water to a boil. Remove and drain.
  6. Continue this process 3x.
  7. On the 4th time, add sugar, vinegar and blanched lemon together in a sauce pot. Bring to boil and turn off heat. Let lemon steep for 10 minutes. Cool and reserve.