BBQ’d Oysters 'Roosevelt Island' Style

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This smoky-crunchy-creamy-sweet-spicy morsel is meant to beryllium eaten each successful 1 bite, including the edible "oyster" shells made from dried seaweed sheets chopped into rounds.

Chef Todd Gray's look calls for salsify, a basal rootlike that has an oysterlike spirit and tin beryllium hard to find. We've made it optional here.

You’ll request a 2-inch-wide heatproof dowel oregon a tiny ladle, and a culinary torch.

Serve connected apical of freshly blanched seaweed for an eye-catching garnish.

Fresh oyster oregon maitake mushrooms are disposable astatine Asian supermarkets and astatine immoderate market stores.

The cucumber h2o and unseasoned cashew pick tin beryllium made a time successful advance. The nori cups tin beryllium made a fewer hours successful advance. Leftover cashew pick tin beryllium utilized successful a assortment of vegan dishes, and successful Todd Gray's Artichoke, Oven-Dried Tomato and Green Onion Frittata (see related recipe).

Based connected cook Jamie Leeds's look for BBQ'd Oysters Hog Island Style; from Equinox chef-restaurateur Todd Gray.

Ingredients

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Servings: 4 (makes 24 vegan oysters)

4 cups canola oil, for frying
6 nori (dried seaweed) sheets, astatine slightest 8 inches wide
1 tablespoonful cornstarch
2 tablespoons water
Kosher salt
Freshly crushed achromatic pepper
1 tablespoonful garlic-flavored oil
9 ounces oyster mushroom clusters oregon maitake mushrooms (see headnote)
1 spoon sriracha
1/4 cupful of your favourite barbecue sauce
2 cups cashew pick (see NOTES)
2 salsify roots, peeled and poached successful adjacent parts achromatic vino and h2o till tender, past minced (see headnote; whitethorn substitute tiny cooked cauliflower pieces; optional)
1/2 cupful cucumber h2o (see NOTES)