SODEL CONCEPTS’ DOUG RULEY SERVES UP ONE SPICY BLUECOAST OYSTER SHOOTER Photos by Meghan Shupe
MIGNONETTE INGREDIENTS 1 small medium-ripe yellow tomato, diced 1 shallot, peeled and minced 1 jalapeño, seeded and minced 1 dill pickle, minced 2 Tbsp lemon juice, freshly squeezed 1 oz apple cider vinegar Pinch sea salt Pinch fresh cracked pepper
Add all ingredients in a Mason jar and mix well.
Rim Spice Ingredients 1 lemon wedge 1 Tbsp cayenne 1 tsp yellow mustard powder 1 tsp granulated garlic ½ tsp cracked black pepper 1 tsp smoked paprika ½ tsp celery salt ½ tsp sea salt
Mix all ingredients except the lemon. Take two rocks glasses, rub rims with lemon and dip into spice blend.
SHOOTERS INGREDIENTS 2 oz vodka 3 oz George’s Bloody Mary Mix Dash of SoDel Concepts Shuckin’ Sauce
Shake with ice and strain into two spice-rimmed rocks glasses.
OYSTERS 2 local oysters (we are using Dewey Selects oysters) freshly shucked on the half shell.
SET UP Pour chilled Bloody Mary into spiced-rimmed rocks glasses and place oysters on the half shell on top of the glasses.Top oysters with a spoon full of mignonette and a dash of hot sauce. Serve immediately and enjoy.