Ingredients
Serves 4-6 people
Oysters
- 1 pint shucked oysters
- 1 cup stone ground cornmeal
- ½ cup all purpose flour
- Salt and cayenne pepper to taste
- 3-4 ribs celery, peeled and thinly sliced
- 2-3 ounces good quality blue cheese
- 4-6 ounces buffalo sauce (recipe follows)
- Oil for deep frying
Buffalo Sauce
- 2 ounces melted butter
- ½ teaspoon Dijon mustard
- ½ cup hot sauce
- 1 ½ T Canola Oil
Directions
Oysters
- Preheat oil to 375 degrees
- Mix corn meal, flour salt and cayenne
- Working in batches if necessary, dredge oysters in corn meal mixture
- Carefully drop into oil and fry until deep golden – about a minute depending on the size of the oysters
- Remove and drain
- Place a spoonful of sauce on each plate
- Pile a few oysters on each plate of sauce
- Sprinkle with cheese
- Drizzle a little more sauce over the top
- Garnish with a big pinch of shaved celery
Buffalo Sauce
- Combine mustard and hot sauce
- Slowly whisk in butter
- Whisk in oil
- Keep at room temperature until ready to use