Champagne Oysters Rockefeller Food

CHAMPAGNE OYSTERS ROCKEFELLER

Steps:

• Preheat barbecue grill to medium.
• In a bowl combine champagne, spinach, onions, 1/4 cup of the breadcrumbs, and parsley.
• In a skillet, melt butter over medium heat. Add champagne-breadcrumb mixture. Cook 1-2 minutes, sitrring until spinach is wilted. Spinkle with salt and pepper to taste. Remove from heat.
• Place oysters in the shell on a baking sheet. Put 1 tablespoon of champagne-breadcrumb mixture on each oyster. Spinkle remaining breadcrumbs and Parmesan cheese on top of oysters.
• Place baking sheet on the barbecue grill. Grill for about 5 minutes, with the lid closed, or until cheese is bubbling and is starting to brown.
• Cover the bottom of a shallow serving platter with a layer of kosher salt.
• Remove oysters from baking sheet. Place oysters on the salted shallow serving platter. Garnish with lemon wedges and/or parsley.

OYSTERS ROCKEFELLER

Steps:

• In a large skillet over medium heat, melt the butter. Add the bread crumbs and sauté until they are just a tiny bit golden, about 2 minutes. Stir in the spinach, parsley, shallot and garlic. Cook until fragrant, 1 minute. Remove from the heat and stir in a small pinch of salt.
• Finely grate 1/2 teaspoon zest from the lemon and add it to the bread crumb mixture. Cut the lemon in half and squeeze out 1 tablespoon of the juice; mix into the pan.
• Heat the broiler to high. Fill a baking pan (or two) with a 1/2-inch layer of salt or line the pan with crumbled up foil (to steady the oysters so the juices don't spill). Lay the oysters on top of the salt or foil. Spoon about 1/2 tablespoon of the sauce mixture on top of the oysters. Broil until just golden, 1 to 3 minutes. Serve hot, with a squeeze of lemon on top, if you like.

OYSTERS ROCKEFELLER

Steps:

• 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

OYSTERS ROCKEFELLER

Steps:

• Shuck oysters, remove meat and set bottom portion of each shell in an oven proof pan of rock salt to steady them and protect them from high heat.
• Discard top of shell.
• Set oysters aside.
• Heat butter in a skillet over medium heat Add shallots cook for 2 minutes.
• Add Garlic, spinach, bacon and parsley.
• Season with salt, pepper and nutmeg.
• Saute until hot.
• Stir in flour and cook 2 minutes.
• Stir in wine, lemon juice, Worcestershire Sauce, and cream.
• Bring to a boil.
• Simmer until thickened about 5 minutes.
• Stir in parmesan cheese.
• Divide this mixture among prepared shells.
• Place 1 oyster in each shell on top of spinach mixture.
• Broil 2 minutes .
• Coat lightly with Hollandaise (Recipe#91452.).
• Broil 3 more minutes or until golden.
• Serve immediately.