Pickled Seafood - The Local Palate

Ingredients

• ¼ teaspoon celery seeds
• ½ teaspoon chile flakes or ½ teaspoon shaved jalapeño
• 1 tablespoon Maldon or similar sea salt
• 1 cup extra-virgin olive oil
• ⅓ cup fresh lemon juice
• ½ teaspoon lemon zest
• 2 garlic cloves, peeled and shaved
• 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
• 8 bay leaves
• 1 tablespoon minced flatleaf parsley
• ½ tablespoon minced thyme
• ½ medium yellow onion, peeled and thinly sliced
• 1 stalk celery, thinly shaved
• 1 pound shrimp, peeled and deveined
• 1 pound mussels in shells
• White wine
• 12 large oysters (optional)
• Raw fan clams (optional)
• Raw North Carolina clams, cleaned and shucked, some shells reserved
• Shaved Poached Whelks (optional)