Green Fairy Recipes

GREEN FAIRY OYSTERS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400 degrees. Remove oysters from shells and set aside. Place shells on a baking sheet and place in oven. Have a bowl of ice and water ready.
• Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add 1/3 of the spinach, then cook a minute or two, until spinach has wilted; remove and place in ice water. Stir. Meanwhile, heat 1 1/2 tablespoons butter in a skillet. Cook until nut-brown.
• When spinach has chilled, a few minutes, drain and place in a blender with browned butter. Blend until puréed, adding up to 1/3 cup water as needed for blender to process spinach, scraping sides of container a few times.
• Heat remaining butter in skillet. Add shallots and sauté until soft. Add remaining spinach and sauté over medium-high heat until spinach is wilted and most of liquid in pan has evaporated. Fold in spinach purée, season with salt and pepper and remove from heat.
• Arrange hot shells on a warm platter and put an oyster in each. Briefly reheat spinach and spread a scant tablespoonful on top of each oyster, just covering it. Serve at once.

GREEN FAIRY - CZECH METHOD

Steps:

• Pour the absinthe into a rocks glass. Quickly soak the sugar cube in the absinthe; just roll it around to coat. Remove the sugar cube.
• Place an absinthe spoon across the rim of the glass and set the soaked sugar cube atop the spoon. Light the sugar cube on fire and let the sugar caramelize for 10 to 20 seconds.
• Slowly pour the water over the sugar cube, allowing the sugar to dissolve into glass.
• Stir lightly with the absinthe spoon. Serve without ice, neat.

THE GREEN FAIRY

Steps:

• Shake thouroughly and strain into a martini glass.
• This would be great for Halloween it has a misty green color.