Oysters Rockefeller
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5
2 reviews
Excellent
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Prep Time
15 mins
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Cook Time
5 mins
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Total Time
20 mins
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Servings
6 people
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Course
Main Course, Appetizer
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Cuisine
American
Oysters Rockefeller
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Oysters Rockefeller are a traditional dish of New Orleans consisting in oysters topped with butter sauce, spinach, and bread crumbs, that are then toasted.
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Ingredients
- 36 oyster medium size, fresh
- 6 tablespoons butter
- 3 oz. spinach finely chopped, fresh
- 3 scallions finely chopped, with 1 inch of green stem
- 3 tablespoons parsley finely chopped
- 5 tablespoons breadcrumbs
- Tabasco sauce to taste
- ½ Pernod or other anise liquor, spoonful
- 1 lb rock salt
- lemon for garnish
Instructions
- Using an oyster knife, open the oyster shells and detach the flesh.
- Discard the upper shells.
- Rub and dry the lower shells.
- Drain the oysters over a salad bowl and reserve their juice.
- In a large saucepan, melt the butter.
- Add the spinach, scallions, parsley, bread crumbs, Tabasco sauce, and anise liquor.
- Cook over low-medium heat, stirring constantly for 15 minutes.
- Remove from heat.
- Pass the mixture through a sieve.
- Let cool.
- Preheat the oven grill.
- Line a baking dish with a 1 inch (2,5 cm) layer of rock salt.
- Moisten the salt with water very lightly.
- Place the oysters in the salt.
- Pour some reserved juice on each oyster.
- Pour an equal amount of the spinach mix prepared on each oyster and spread it to the edge of the shell.
- Grill in the oven for about 5 minutes or until the filling is bubbling.
- Arrange the oysters in a tray and garnish them with parsley and lemon wedges.
- Serve immediately.
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