Oysters with seafood broth

Method

1. Ensure that the oysters are detached from their shell. Cover and keep chilled until ready to serve.

2. To make the dressing, place the tomatoes in a bowl with the thyme, parsley, tarragon and garlic, and season with salt and pepper. Set aside to marinate for 30 minutes.

3. Transfer to a food processor and whiz until pulped, then strain through a sieve to extract the juice. Mix this with the HP sauce, vinegar, lime juice and tabasco sauce, then whisk in the olive oil. Chill before serving.

4. Arrange the oysters on crushed ice to keep them cold, and spoon over enough dressing to cover each oyster. Garnish with a little horseradish, and serve at once.

5. To make the seafood broth, wash all the shellfish to ensure they are free of dirt, scale and clean all the fish removing all the gills and then transfer to a large bowl.

6. In a mortar pound the garlic with the saffron, ground ginger, coriander root and half the basil with a little salt. Add the chopped tomatoes, onion, cooked chickpeas and 3-4 tablespoons of olive oil. Transfer to the bowl with the fish and shellfish.

7. In a heavy-based pot place all the of the marinade liquid along with the largest pieces of fish, and simmer (covered) on a low heat for about 10 minutes, turning the fish pieces once or twice.

8. Add the smaller fish and shellfish and cook for a further 3-5 minutes until the shellfish are open and cooked. Then add the half-glass of white wine, remove from the heat and leave to stand for 2 minutes before adding the chopped basil and parsley, some seasoning and a squeeze of lemon juice.

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Ingredients

For the oysters

48 rock oysters, opened
500g cherry tomatoes, halved
2 tsp Thyme, chopped
1 tsp flat-leaf parsley, chopped
1/2 tsp tarragon, chopped
1 garlic clove, crushed
1 tbsp brown sauce
1 tbsp sherry vinegar
2 tbsp lime juice
4 tbsp light Olive oil
1 tbsp freshly grated horseradish, to garnish
Tabasco sauce, to taste

For the Seafood Broth

8 razor fish
1kg Mussels
4 Oysters
4 gurnard fillets
8 small fish fillets
10 peeled prawns
2 garlic cloves, chopped
2 pinches Saffron
1 tsp ground ginger
1/4 bunch coriander roots, finely chopped
1/4 bunch Basil
500g ripe Tomatoes, blanched and peeled, seeds removed
1 red onion, finely chopped
200g cooked Chickpeas
3-4 tbsp Olive oil
150ml water
75ml White wine
2 Lemons
Basil, finely chopped
Parsley, finely chopped

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