Does anyone have a South Caroline Oyster Roast recipe? Not the one you can go online and get.?!
Answers: I want an original Edisto Island recipe or if anyone has the Matt and Ted Lee Oyster Roast Recipe from their cookbook, I'd love to have it. The one from the Anthony Bourdain "No Reservations" TV segment. Pretty please?
This is a excerpt from Matt & Ted Lee's book for roasting oysters.
"Cooking oysters Lowcountry-style couldn't be simpler: build a roaring fire on level ground, and set a trestle made of four cinder blocks and a sturdy sheet of scrap steel over it, to serve as an extra-large griddle. When the metal is searing hot, you literally shovel on a layer of oysters and blanket them with water-soaked burlap bags or old towels. The oysters roast and steam in their shells and acquire hints of the wood smoke that swirls in thick gusts around the enterprise. Five to 10 minutes later, you remove the towels and shovel the oysters onto a rustic table scattered with gloves and knives, so the guests can gather around to shuck and slurp down the briny treats. "
For cooking inside.
"A simple broiling pan with a third of an inch of water in the bottom proved the perfect method for steaming them open, and six minutes at 475 degrees produced the best results, with most of the oysters nicely half-cooked, their shells opened slightly and easy to shuck. None of the oysters had been overcooked (reduced to tough little protein nubbins), and a few remained uncooked but hot, the fishy and minerally flavors of the oyster pleasantly intensified, compared with its chilled, raw state. "