Boxes & Platters

The Oyster Ritual

Name: The Oyster Ritual
Brand: From The Sea
SKU: FTS-BOXOYSTERRITUAL
Price: 58.00 GBP
Availability: InStock

£58.00

A dozen oysters and a shucking knife. Serves two.

How would you like it prepared? (optional)

Pickup available at From The Sea, Barnes

Usually ready in 2 hours

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The Oyster Ritual

From The Sea, Barnes

Pickup available, Usually ready in 2 hours

18 Barnes High Street
London SW13 9LW
United Kingdom

Cut to order, filleting free

Next-day delivery, order by 1pm

Collect in Barnes, about two hours

A dozen oysters and a proper shucking knife, boxed for two. Keep them cold, open them at the table and take your time.

Work the tip of the knife into the hinge and twist rather than push.

What is in the box

12 oysters
A shucking knife

Subject to the market. What the counter holds changes with the market and the weather. When a line is short we pack a close substitute of equal value and write the change on the packing note. For special orders we confirm any change with you before we pack the box.

Keep and storage. Keep the oysters in the fridge, flat side up under a damp cloth. Eat them within a day or two of delivery. Do not freeze them.

Origin, cooking and recipe

How to cook it

The oysters arrive live and closed. Shucking comes easily after the first two or three.

Fold a tea towel and hold the oyster in it, flat shell up, hinge towards you.
Work the tip of the knife into the hinge and twist until the shell pops.
Slide the blade along the inside of the top shell to free it, then cut under the oyster and keep the liquor.
Check for grit, then serve on ice with lemon or a spoon of mignonette.

Open them just before you eat them.

Recipe

Mignonette for a dozen oysters

You need: one small shallot, three tablespoons of red wine vinegar, black pepper.

Chop the shallot as finely as you can.
Stir it into the vinegar with a good grind of pepper.
Rest it for ten minutes and spoon a little onto each oyster.

Storage and preparation

Keep the oysters in the fridge, cupped side down, under a damp cloth. Do not seal them in a bag or keep them in water.

Eat them within two days of delivery. Tap any open shell: if it does not close, throw it away. Do not freeze them.

Cut to order

Tell us how you want it in the order notes. Filleting, pin-boning and skinning are free, by hand at the counter. If you ask for a fish to be trimmed, headed or skinned, the finished weight comes down accordingly.

Delivery and collection

Order by 1pm for next-day delivery across London and the UK. Same-day collection in Barnes, usually about two hours.

Our promise

If it is not right, we make it right. Tell us and we will sort it. Local customers can bring it back to the counter and we will replace it.

The Oyster Ritual

£58.00

Order by 1pm

Next-day delivery across London and the UK. Free over £60.

Collect in Barnes

Same-day collection from the counter, ready in about two hours.

Cut to order

Cut to order at the counter. Filleting, pin-boning and skinning are free.

Food Hygiene Rating

Rated 5 out of 5 by the local authority.