Recipe: Oysters Mombasa

In Kenya, the oysters are opened and each one goes on its own tiny china ramekin. Twelve of these little dishes are placed on a large platter with a bowl of dark, dark-red cocktail sauce and slices of lemon. Mombasa, that lovely city on the coast of Kenya, boasts the very best of these small oysters. Make Oysters Mombasa for yourself with this recipe:

Open 32 small oysters. Leave them on the half shell and place on baking sheets.

Wine Garlic Sauce:

• 1/2 cup melted butter
• 4 cloves garlic very finely minced
• 1 cup Chablis
• 4 Tbs. chopped parsley
• 1 tsp. salt
• 1 tsp. ground pepper
• few drops Tabasco

Combine the wine garlic sauce ingredients, and ladle half of above sauce (1 tsp. per oyster) on each one. Bake at 350'F. for 6 to 8 minutes. Ladle the remaining sauce uniformly over the oysters again. Serve immediately, four per person, with lemon wedges.