Oysters Rockefeller

Course: Appetizer
Cuisine: New England

Ingredients

  • 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
  • 2 garlic cloves minced
  • 1/3 cup bread crumbs Panko preferred
  • 2 shallots chopped
  • 2 cups chopped fresh spinach
  • 1/4 cup Pernod
  • Salt and pepper to taste
  • Dash red pepper sauce
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1/4 cup grated Parmesan
  • 1 tablespoon chopped chervil or parsley
  • 2 dozen oysters on the half shell
  • Rock salt
  • Lemon wedges for garnish
  • Mignonette Sauce:
  • 3/4 cup champagne vinegar
  • 2 shallots minced
  • 2 tablespoons cracked black peppercorns
  • 1 tablespoon chopped chervil
  • 1/2 lemon juiced

Instructions

  • For the oysters: Melt butter in a skillet. Saute the garlic for 2 minutes to infuse the butter. Place the bread crumbs in a mixing bowl and add half the garlic butter, set aside. To the remaining garlic butter in the skillet, add shallots and spinach, cook for 3 minutes until the spinach wilts. Deglaze the pan with Pernod. Season with salt and pepper, add a dash of red pepper sauce. Allow the mixture to cook down for a few minutes. Finish off the bread crumbs by mixing in olive oil, Parmesan and chervil, season with salt and pepper. Spoon 1 heaping teaspoon of the spinach mixture on each oyster followed by a spoonful of the bread crumb mixture. Sprinkle a baking pan amply with rock salt. Arrange the oysters in the salt to steady them. Bake in a preheated 450 degree F oven for 10 to 15 minutes until golden. Serve with lemon wedges and red pepper sauce.
  • For the sauce: In a small bowl whisk together all ingredients. Cover and chill 1 hour before serving with oysters. Yield: 3/4 cup
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