
Oyster poached in smoked cream with Oscietra caviar and chives
Discover the perfect combination of oyster poached in smoked cream, finished with oscietra caviar and chives.Dennis Huwaë is co-owner and patron-cuisinier of Restaurant Daalder in Amsterdam. Especially for HANOS, Dennis worked with Debic products to create beautiful 'bites'.
Ingredients
smoking wood chips
Debic cream 40%
80gfresh chives
400mlOil
Oysters
fresh chives
chive flowers
Oscietra caviar
Preparation
- Use a smoking box with wood chips to smoke the cream.
- Seal the wood chips in a small dish inside the smoking box.
- Wait until the wood chips start to smoke, then add the desired amount of cream to the dish.
- Use cream with a high fat content, such as Debic cream.
- Smoke the cream for 2-3 minutes, depending on the desired intensity of the smoke flavor, to prevent it from overpowering the oyster.
- Blend the chives and oil for 3 minutes.
- Then strain the oil through a cloth.
- Place in the freezer.
- Strain again so that there is no more water in the oil.
- Open the oysters.
- Optional: clean and treat previously used larger oyster shells with gold for an impressive presentation.
- After smoking the smoke, gently heat the cream in a pan until it reaches a temperature of 60°C to 70°C without boiling.
- Add the oysters and their juice to the warmed cream, ensuring no grit gets into the mix.
- Remove the pan from the heat, as the cream already contains enough warmth.
- Place the oysters back in the shell or the gold-sprayed shells.
- Spoon a portion of Oscietra caviar into a bowl and add a small amount of cream.
- Carefully stir this together with chive oil, creating a beautiful mix of oil and cream.
- Pour the caviar over the oysters.
- Garnish the oysters with fresh chives and chive flowers.


