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
Directions
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.
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- 3/4 cup champagne vinegar
- 2 shallots, minced
- 2 tablespoons cracked black peppercorns
- 1 tablespoon chopped chervil
- 1/2 lemon, juiced
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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By Jeremy Stevens
on May 21, 2013
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We and our kids love Oysters Rockefeller! To keep oysters stable and level as you prepare and cook them, try the innovative simplyshuck oyster tray for "wobble-free oysters" every time! Fast, easy. Bon appetit.
By RNCUBBY
Billings, MT
on May 05, 2013
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I am not a big oyster fan, but now I am!!!! This recipe was excellent! I used Dekuypner
Anisette instead of Pernod only because Pernod was not available at my liquor store. However, the Anisette was also about $10 cheaper per bottle.
By Cooking Crys
waxahachie, TX
on January 27, 2013
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This was great - my husband made them - I only know he did use white wine vs pernod and parsley vs chervil. Will keep this recipe for next time. Wish there was an easier way to open the oysters.
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