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Oysters with ginger Japanese dressing

Name: Oysters with ginger Japanese dressing
Total time: 20 min
Ingredients: ginger 1cm piece, finely grated; spring onions 2, finely shredded; Japanese soy sauce 1 tbsp; Japanese rice vinegar 1 tbsp; golden caster sugar 1 tsp; oysters 24, freshly shucked; salmon roe or tobiko 50g

20 minutes
serves 4
Easy

This would make a special light but flavoursome starter for a Christmas meal. Salmon roe is available in fishmongers and supermarkets, or look for tobiko (smaller eggs) in Japanese shops and from japancentre.com

Published: October 8, 2015 at 6:46 pm

Ingredients

ginger 1cm piece, finely grated
spring onions 2, finely shredded
Japanese soy sauce 1 tbsp
Japanese rice vinegar 1 tbsp
golden caster sugar 1 tsp
oysters 24, freshly shucked
salmon roe or tobiko 50g

Method

Step 1

Put the ginger and most of the spring onion in a bowl, then add the soy sauce, rice vinegar and sugar and leave for 5 minutes.
Step 2

Arrange the oysters on a platter of ice. Put some dressing and some more shredded spring onion in each. Divide the roe between them.