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Home » All » By Course » Sauces » Mignonette or French shallot vinaigrette

Mignonette or French shallot vinaigrette

By Layla Pujol 3 Comments

Mignonette recipe

Mignonette is a classic shallot vinaigrette sauce that is used to garnish raw oysters. This sauce is so easy to make and is a must have for oysters on the half shell. You can either chop the shallots finely by hand, but you can also put them in a mini food processor to simplify the process.

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Mignonette or French shallot vinaigrette for oysters

Some mignonette recipes add a lot of other ingredients, but this recipe, which I learned from my husband, is super simple and just mixes finely chopped shallots with red wine vinegar. The mignonette sauce can be served at room temperature or chilled. An alternative way to serve this sauce is to put it in the freezer and make a granita. The coldness of the mignonette granita goes perfectly with the fresh oysters.

Mignonette recipe

Mignonette or French shallot vinaigrette

Easy recipe for mignonette sauce, a French shallot vinaigrette for raw oysters on the half shell.
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Course: Condiment, Sauce
Cuisine: European, French, International
Keyword: Mignonette, Red wine vinegar, Shallot, Vinaigrette
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Servings: 2 dozen oysters

Ingredients

  • 2 shallots peeled
  • ¼ cup red wine vinegar
  • Fresh raw oysters on the half shell

Instructions

  • Chop the shallots very finely either by hand or using a mini-food processor.
  • Add the red wine vinegar and mix well. Save refrigerated until ready to use or follow the instructions below to make a granita.
  • To make a mignonette granita just put in the freezer, let it rest for about 30 minutes, then stir it and put it back. Repeat the process until you have a mix that looks like a cross between crushed ice and fresh snow. Another way to make it is to just let it freeze completely, take it out about 10 minutes before serving and then start scrapping it with a fork.
Mignonette granita
Mignonette sauce for oysters

Preparation photos for preparing fresh oysters with Mignonette or French shallot vinaigrette

1 -Raw oysters
2 - Oysters with shallot vinegar sauce
3- Oysters with mignonette sauce
Mignonette granita recipe
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  1. Sarah Rolph says

    February 13, 2014 at 11:35 am

    Hi Laylita,

    I love this idea for mignonette granita! I mentioned this post on the Drakes Bay Oyster Farm advocacy website. Here’s the post: http://savedrakesbay.com/core/?p=2955

    Glad to know about your excellent blog!

    Cheers,
    Sarah

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    • Layla Pujol says

      February 13, 2014 at 2:55 pm

      Hi Sarah – Thanks for the mention!

      Reply
  2. Norma-Platanos, Mangoes and Me! says

    January 18, 2013 at 7:23 am

    One of my favorites…A dozen oysters…please

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