Fire And Ice Oysters With Horseradish Sauce

Total Time: 24 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 4 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• 2 tablespoons prepared horseradish
• 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
• 1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh chives
• 1/4 teaspoon worcestershire sauce
• 1/4 teaspoon tabasco sauce
• 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1/4 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
• 2 dozen fresh oysters

Recipe

• 1 prepare the sauce by whisking together all ingredients except for the oysters; cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes, or until ready to serve.
• 2 rinse and scrub the oysters with a stiff brush.
• 3 to open them, on a folded kitchen towel, grip the oyster flat side up with another kitchen towel protecting your hand.
• 4 find the small opening between the shells near the hinge and pry open with an oyster knife.
• 5 try to keep the juices in the shell.
• 6 loosen the oyster from the shell by running the oyster knife carefully underneath the body.
• 7 discard the top, flatter shell, keeping the oyster in the bottom, deeper shell.
• 8 grill the oysters, shell side down, over direct high heat until the juices around the oysters boil and almost completely evaporate, 2-4 minutes.
• 9 using tongs, carefully remove the oysters from the grill.
• 10 spoon a small dollop of sauce on top of each oyster and serve with cocktail forks while oysters are hot.