Oyster

Sustainable seafood recipes: alternatives to salmon

Farmed salmon may have been declared an unsustainable fish in Australia but we can still enjoy our ocean’s bounty if we’re smart about what we choose.

Oyster Intervention, a new dish on the menu at Quay, Sydney.

At Quay, Peter Gilmore wants to reinvent the oyster

As Sydney restaurant Quay prepares to reopen its doors, we take a sneak peek at the new menu - and life beyond the snow egg.

Oysters with two sauces

Add a little zing to your oysters with two vibrant mignonettes.

Gazpacho with pickled celery and oysters

Gazpacho with pickled celery and oysters recipe - For quick-pickled celery, combine ingredients in a small bowl, season to taste and set aside to pickle until required. Combine bread, shallot, vinegar and 125ml water in a bowl and leave briefly to soften (2-3 minutes). Transfer to a blender, add tomato, garlic, olive oil, tarragon and oyster juice.

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.