Now science knows about 50 kinds of oysters - shellfish from the family of bivalve.Most of them live in the relatively warm seas.However, there are several types of oysters living in the cool waters of the northern seas.
Oysters may exist in varying degrees of sea water salinity (at least - 12 ppm).The degree of salinity of the water affects the growth of oysters and the taste of their meat.The best are mollusks, which developed and assembled at a salinity of 20-30 ppm.If the water is salty (about 35 ppm) - oysters grow rapidly, but their flesh becomes tough.
main commercial species - edible oyster (lat. Ostrea edulis).They can be found off the coast of Europe, the Mediterranean, the Black Sea, in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Ocean.Edible oysters are rocky (O. sublamellosa), Black Sea (O. taurica), Adriatic (OG adriatica), Portuguese (Crassostrea angulata).In addition, the known "giant" oyster (Crassostrea gigas) - they are now the so-called "base" rock oysters grown off the coast of France.Oyster shells are shaped flat and concave.Recent today the most popular in Europe.Although flat oyster are not forgotten.
Is present also a classification of oysters in magnitude.These clams are size №00, №0, №1, №2 and further to №5.Oysters №00 - the biggest.Furthermore, they are differentiated by the method of cultivation.Oysters are "full of the sea" - the ones that were born and grew up in the sea catch.And yet known oyster "refined" - ennobled, that part of his life spent in the man-made "greenhouse" conditions.
Next - will focus on the rules of eating oysters.
Classic - fed oysters on a tray of ice laid out, for example, a circle, with slices of lemon in the center.The number of oysters must be a multiple of six.Usually it is a dozen (12 pcs.), Or a half-dozen (6 pcs.).But there are alternatives: a lot depends on the size of the oysters, the value of a dish or tray, the number of participants in the meal.Wine is always served with oysters white powder.It can also be champagne "brut".Too expensive no wine or champagne should not be - their task is to emphasize the taste of oysters.
admire the blissful picture?Now it's time to destroy the oyster-ice beauty.Take the left hand mollusk, turn it to yourself pointed end.In his right hand, you must have a special knife, which should always be fed to oysters.You insert it between the doors and pushed them.
middle of the shell to see the film, it must be removed.Gently, in a circle, clipped her with the same knife to hook and put on the edge of the plate.Then - set aside the knife, take a slice of lemon and squeeze the juice with your fingers directly into the sink.Incidentally, it is not only "to taste."The tradition originated in the days when the oyster has been carried in tubs or drums, not in special chambers, transportation was slow, and shellfish may deteriorate the road.
If in contact with oyster lemon juice it is reduced - it is still alive, and it can be eaten.If nothing happens - the oyster is dead, it should not be there.Actually, now the method of determining the freshness of oysters can be useful.
seasoned oyster can also be freshly ground black pepper, dipped in vinegar sauce, seasoned with shallots.Seasonings?Now, quietly, without smacking of lips, mouth sucks the contents of the shell.That's the whole ingenuous science absorption oysters.
way, in restaurants so that customers did not trouble himself to avoid and not very funny incidents, oysters are usually served already open with clipped "attachment" muscle.So just sprinkled with lemon juice and send an oyster in his mouth, for even greater convenience, it may be filed special two-pronged oyster fork.
If oysters are served cooked (and prepare them can be a lot of that), then eat them only devices.Cold oysters - dessert appliances and warm or hot - dining room.
There is a widespread belief that oysters should be savored only in months that contain the letter "r" (September to April).Actually, it is not so simultaneously.
fact that in his time in France, in order to avoid uncontrolled harvest of oysters, which threatened their disappearance, a law was passed prohibiting the fishing of shellfish during their breeding season.A breeding oysters from the end of spring and during the summer.In addition, during reproduction in oyster inside the shell is formed of milk.At autopsy, it pours, giving the meat a slightly bitter taste.However, technology now known oyster farming, the use of which shellfish do not breed.Specialists also learned to shift the period of breeding oysters for several months, so that in the summer they still do not taste bitter.And in general - when Europe's summer in Australia, for example, the winter - The local oysters on the reproduction and not thinking.
Finally - a couple of recipes.Indeed, as mentioned above, not only the oysters are eaten raw, but also prepare them delicious.
oysters in Normandy sauce
you need:
oysters - 2-3 pcs.,
shallots - 1 tbsp.Spoon,
dry white wine - 50 ml,
fish broth - 2 tablespoons.spoons,
thick sour cream - 1 tbsp.Spoon,
grated cheese "Gruyere" (fr. Gruyère) - 1 tbsp.spoon.
Method of preparation:
wine with onions in a skillet mix.Simmer until the wine is not Uvarov.Then add the fish broth to the skillet.Again, wait until Uvarov.Next, the resulting sauce should thicken the cream and remove to a warm place.Oysters open, take out the meat, it turned up in oyster juice.Then return the oyster meat in the sink, pour sauce, sprinkle with cheese and lightly all grilliruete.
Oysters baked with vegetables
you need:
oysters - 30-40 pcs.,
carrots - 2 pcs.,
celery (root) - 1-1.5 g,
Lemon - 1 pc.,
tomatoes - 1-2 pcs.,
onions - 3 pcs.,
Garlic - 6 cloves,
vegetable oil - 6 tablespoons.l.
flour - 1 tbsp.Spoon,
black pepper peas - 10 pcs.,
bay leaf, salt - to taste.
Method of preparation:
celery root and carrots cut into cubes.Onions and garlic finely cut and solite.Mixed vegetables.They poured into the water in which previously cooked oysters.Add vegetable oil, cook until soft all.Then put the cooked oysters, peas black pepper, bay leaf, diluted with cold water flour.Top with slices of tomato and lemon slices, season with salt dish and bake in the oven until cooked.Serve with vegetables baked oysters better than cold.
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