Bluff oysters with cucumber and dill

ingredients

• • 1 small cucumber, peeled, cut in half lengthwise and seeds scooped out
  • 1 red capsicum, quartered with membranes
  • 1 shallot, halved and finely diced
  • 4 tablespoon chardonnay vinegar
  • 1 teaspoon tabasco sauce
  • 1/2 cup dill, chopped
  • 1 lime, juice only
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • crushed ice, for serving
  • 24 bluff oysters in half-shell
  • 1 tablespoon black or red (salmon roe) caviar

method

• • 1

    Cut the cucumber into fine dice around 2mm square, do the same to the capsicum, then place both in a bowl. Add shallot, vinegar, Tabasco, dill, lime juice and olive oil. Mix well.

  • 2

    Place crushed ice on a serving plate or platter and arrange oysters on top. Put a teaspoonful of cucumber mixture on each oyster and garnish with caviar.