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21 ways to dress oysters

Delicious when naked, even better when they're dressed.
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Topped oysters make top oysters. These sea-salty bivalves make good friends with fresh and zingy dressings, smoky bacon, and gentle heat from horseradish and chilli. And as always, butter, especially Analiese Gregory’s seaweed butter, makes everything better (oysters included). These are the best oyster dressing recipes around, and they’re guaranteed to please this holiday season.

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A brass plate with two oysters in their shells made Rockefeller style.
Photo: Chris Court (Credits: Chris Court)

Warrigal greens Rockefeller

Classic Rockefeller oysters, balanced out by South Australian warrigal greens.
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Grilled oysters with tapioca recipe
(Credits: Ben Dearnley)

Beau Clugston’s grilled oysters with tapioca

“This is an idea I got when I was travelling around Australia with René Redzepi; the Aboriginal elders threw the clams or oysters on the fire until they sang,” says Clugston.
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Oysters Rockefeller
Oysters Rockefeller (Credits: William Meppem)

Oysters Rockefeller

Australian Gourmet Traveller appetiser recipe for oysters Rockefeller.
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