Oysters with chilli and lime

Name: Oysters with chilli and lime
Yield: 2
Ingredients: 1 Lime, use the rind, finely grated (Main); ¼ cup Lime juice (Main); 1 tsp Dried chilli (Main); ½ tsp Fish sauce; ½ tsp Caster sugar; 1 small Shallot, finely diced; 1 small Peach, peeled, stoned and thinly sliced; 6 Mint leaves, thinly sliced; 12 Oysters, in their shells, loosened (Main)

for 2 people

By

Jan Bilton

Food writer and cookbook author.

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A favourite starter.

For the dressing

1	Lime, use the rind, finely grated (Main)
¼ cup	Lime juice (Main)
1 tsp	Dried chilli (Main)
½ tsp	Fish sauce
½ tsp	Caster sugar
1 small	Shallot, finely diced
1 small	Peach, peeled, stoned and thinly sliced
6	Mint leaves, thinly sliced

For the oysters

12	Oysters, in their shells, loosened (Main)

Directions

Combine all the ingredients for the dressing and chill until required. Best prepared and used on the same day.
Place the oysters on a serving plate and spoon the dressing over.