Oysters Rockefeller

Delicious oysters baked in the oven with a mixture of cheese, butter, breadcrumbs, spinach, and parsley. Oysters Rockefeller are very famous in New Orleans, USA, where they were created.
Ingredients
4
Servings
  • 4 tablespoons unsalted butter 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
  • 2 cloves garlic, chopped 2 cloves garlic, chopped
  • 1/3 cups breadcrumbs 1/3 cups breadcrumbs
  • 2 shallots, chopped
  • 2 cups fresh spinach, chopped
  • 1/4 cups pernod
  •   pepper, to taste pepper, to taste
  • few Tabasco sauce
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1/4 cups Parmesan cheese 1/4 cups Parmesan cheese
  • 1 tablespoon parsley 1 tablespoon parsley
  • 2 dozens oyster
  • coarse salt
  •  limes limes
Preparation
25 mins
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  • Melt the butter in a skillet and add the garlic, cooking for 2 minutes. Place the breadcrumbs in a bowl and add half of the garlic butter and set aside.
  • Add the shallots and spinach to the remaining garlic butter and cook for 3 minutes until the spinach is cooked. Add the Pernod and let it evaporate. Season with salt and pepper and a dash of Tabasco. Let it reduce a little.
  • Mix the breadcrumbs with olive oil, Parmesan cheese, and parsley. Season with salt and pepper.
  • Preheat the oven to 450 F (230 C).
  • Place 1 tablespoon of the spinach mixture on each oyster and top with 1 tablespoon of the breadcrumb mixture. Put coarse salt on a baking tray and arrange the oysters on the salt (to keep them from moving around). Bake the oysters in the oven for 10-15 minutes until golden. Serve with lemon and Tabasco sauce.

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