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Ingredients

  • 1/4 cup unseasoned rice wine vinegar
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons finely minced shallot
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons finely minced fresh ginger
  • 1/2 teaspoon sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon soy sauce
  • 2 dozen Hog Island Sweetwater oysters or other fresh oysters
  • 1/2 cup peeled and finely diced Armenian or English (hothouse) cucumber
  • 1 ounce (about 2 tablespoons) wasabi-flavored tobiko (flying fish roe)

Method

  • For the mignonette: In a small bowl, whisk together the vinegar, shallot, ginger, sugar, and soy sauce until the sugar dissolves.
  • Cover and refrigerate for at least 2 hours.
  • Shuck the oysters and place them, on the half shell, on crushed ice.
  • Top each oyster with about 1 teaspoon of the diced cucumber.
  • Whisk the mignonette, then spoon about 1/2 teaspoon over each oyster.
  • Top with a small spoonful of tobiko and serve immediately.