{"id":48159,"date":"2016-10-07T14:59:01","date_gmt":"2016-10-07T18:59:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.freshdirect.com\/?p=48159"},"modified":"2026-04-15T12:51:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T16:51:43","slug":"oyster-cocktail-sauce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/oyster-cocktail-sauce\/","title":{"rendered":"Cocktail Sauce From Scratch Recipe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just a drop of our homemade cocktail sauce adds a complimentary kick to plump shrimp, beautifully briny oysters, and other chilled seafood delights.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-72949 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/seafood-shrimp-oyster-cocktail-sauce.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"721\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Oyster aficionados know that during the colder months, oysters are at their finest. When the water temperatures drop, oysters begin storing fat for the winter, resulting in plumper, sweeter meat, and more complex flavor.<\/p>\n<p>On cold Autumn nights, we look forward to inviting company over, sharing bottles upon bottles of wine, and shucking for friends. Try a variety of oysters to best compare the brine or saltiness of the oyster, the difference in appearance, sweetness, and aromatic finish. Look for hints of cucumber, melon, seaweed and stone; these are just some of the elements that can come together to define each oyster\u2019s distinct merroir, which it acquires from the unique environment it\u2019s grown in.<\/p>\n<p>Sure, we\u2019ll miss our beloved ritual of slurping down oysters on rooftop bars, sipping rose and soaking in the summer sun but a chill in the air brings new excitement- it\u2019s the perfect excuse to bring Oyster Happy Hour home.<\/p>\n<p>Prepare a day ahead for more robust flavor and store refrigerated for up to 7 days. Add in some clams, shrimp and Bloody Mary\u2019s to the mix and you\u2019ve got yourself a shuckin\u2019 party. Make your own:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: circular-medium;\"><strong>What You&#8217;ll Need:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n1 cup ketchup<br \/>\n2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce<br \/>\n1 teaspoon Tabasco sauce<br \/>\n2 teaspoons red wine vinegar<br \/>\n2 teaspoons lemon juice<br \/>\n4 teaspoons prepared horseradish<br \/>\nSalt to taste<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: circular-medium;\"><strong>What to Do:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nCombine all ingredients and serve chilled.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/meat_seafood\/d\/sea\"><span style=\"font-family: circular-medium; font-size: 28px;\">Shop seafood on FreshDirect<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just a drop of our homemade cocktail sauce adds a complimentary kick to plump shrimp, beautifully briny oysters, and other chilled seafood delights.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":69275,"featured_media":72949,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2739,2732,3301],"tags":[3465,2891,2849,391],"class_list":["post-48159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-appetizers-recipes-2","category-recipes","category-seafood","tag-cocktail-sauce","tag-fish-recipe","tag-recipe","tag-seafood"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/69275"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48159"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48159\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72953,"href":"https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48159\/revisions\/72953"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.freshdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}