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Ingredients

• ✓ oyster liquor
• butter
• garlic
• shallot
• dry sherry
• dry white wine
• oyster
• milk
• heavy cream
• flat-leaf parsley
• sea salt
• paprika
• oyster cracker

Instructions

1. 1 Stir butter and garlic in a stockpot over medium heat until butter begins to brown. Remove garlic and discard.
2. 2 Stir shallots into browned butter. Cook and stir until translucent, 5 to 7 minutes.
3. 3 Pour sherry over shallots in the stockpot and bring to a boil while scraping any browned bits off of the bottom of the pot. Simmer until liquid is reduced by half, 3 to 5 minutes.
4. 4 Pour reserved oyster liquor, milk, and cream into the stockpot; bring mixture to a simmer. Reduce heat to medium-low and stir in oysters; cook until oyster edges begin to ruffle, about 3 minutes. Remove from heat.
5. 5 Stir in parsley; season with sea salt to taste. Ladle into bowls and garnish with sweet paprika and oyster crackers.

By Madden Surbaugh