Butter Roasted Oysters – Colchester Oyster Fishery

Ingredients

• 80ml white wine
• 60ml good-quality white wine vinegar
• 1 shallot, thinly sliced
• 1/4 teaspoon whole black peppercorns
• 1/2 bay leaf
• 100g butter, cut into small pieces
• Salt and freshly ground black pepper
• 1 small bag cooking salt or uncooked rice
• 25 rock oysters opened and left on the half shell
• 1 tablespoon fresh thyme, chopped