For seafood enthusiasts, oysters are undoubtedly one of the finest delicacies the ocean offers. However, they can also be one of the most challenging to prepare at the table. The reason? Opening them can be a tricky task, especially when they’re at their freshest, as the shells tend to resist more. To help you avoid any mishaps, here are some practical tips to safely and easily open oysters without risking your fingers in the process.
“To open an oyster is very easy, you have to take the hollow part down, the flat part up and the tip of the oyster towards you. You take your knife with your thumb well on the end of the blade because if you slip you can hurt your other hand and then you take the section between the two shells. It is not the knife that works but the hand that holds the oyster, which comes to make small movements from right to left. And once the knife is inserted, we just cut the muscle… and here it is! we already have the mantle of the oyster that has been left over the oysters and we can clearly see where the muscle of the oyster is that we must section.”