We posted a recipe by The Lookout Deck Hout Bay a few months ago which received quite a bit of attention (Bloody Mary Oyster Shooter). Now, they’ve send us another recipe for Pickled Ginger & Pink Champagne Oysters which you can also find on their menu. If you don’t have all the ingredients at hand, you’ve got the perfect reason to drive to Hout Bay and spend a relaxing afternoon at the harbour! The restaurant arguably boasts one of the best views in the Western Cape. Situated on the water’s edge in the Hout Bay Harbour, the restaurant boasts breathtaking mountain and ocean views.
The restaurants extensive menu comprises of premier seafood, freshly caught line fish caught daily by the local fishermen, Cape Rock Lobster, succulent LM prawns, fresh black mussels picked from the rocks of the local shores, legendary tender calamari steaks, Yellow fin tuna steaks and live oysters, as well as the finest cuts of local A-grade meats. There is also a great selection of appetizing salads, lighter snack baskets for the not so hungry, wood fired pizzas and hearty breakfasts.
Pickled Ginger & Pink Champagne Oysters
Serves 6
Ingredients
- 1 small Red onion, finely chopped
- 2 tablespoons Pickled ginger, finely shredded
- 1 teaspoon Pink peppercorns, crush lightly
- Pinch of sea salt
- 1 teaspoon White sugar
- ½ cup Rice wine vinegar
- 18 Oysters, have your fishmonger shuck them
- 1 bottle Pink Champagne
- Extra sea salt and pink peppercorns
- Prepare the red onion and pickled ginger in a small pot heat the peppercorns, salt, sugar, ginger juice and the rice wine vinegar.
- Stir to dissolve the sugar and bring to the boil
- Remove from the heat and cool
- Stir in the red onion and the ginger and chill completely
- To serve top each oyster with a teaspoon full of the ginger mixture
- Set each oyster on a bed of sea salt sprinkled with a few extra pink peppercorns for an interesting presentation
- Drizzle the pink bubbly over the oysters and enjoy
Recipe Source: www.wwfsassi.co.za and served at The Lookout Deck in Hout Bay.
Directions to the Lookout Deck
Quayside,
Hout Bay
Harbour Waterfront
Tel 021 – 790 0900
