Oysters a la Russe

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons vodka
• 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice
• 1/4 teaspoon prepared horseradish
• Dash hot pepper sauce
• Pinch granulated sugar
• Pinch salt
• 1 plum tomato
• seeded and finely chopped
• 1 tablespoon chives
• finely chopped
• 12 large oysters
• Coarse cracked black peppercorns

Instructions

1. Stir together vodka, lemon juice, horseradish, hot pepper sauce, sugar and salt.
2. Gently stir in tomato and chives.
3. Clean oysters under running water; shuck and discard top shell, sever membrane on bottom of shell.
4. Spoon vodka relish on oysters.
5. Dust with pepper and serve on a bed of shaved ice.