Roasted Oysters With Garlic Parsley Butter Food

ROASTED OYSTERS WITH PARSLEY BUTTER ON TOAST

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
• Puree the butter, parsley, garlic, lemon zest, 1/4 teaspoon salt and a few grinds of pepper in a food processor until smooth and bright green from the parsley, about 1 minute.
• Line a 12-inch cast-iron skillet with the baguette slices. Open the oysters with an oyster knife, detach the oyster from the bottom shells and discard the top shells. Place one oyster half onto each baguette slice and top each with a heaping teaspoon of the parsley butter.
• Roast the oysters until the parsley butter is melted and the baguette slices are lightly toasted, 8 to 10 minutes. To serve, pour an oyster and the butter from the shell onto each baguette slice and eat immediately.

FIRE-ROASTED GARLICKY OYSTERS

Steps:

• Preheat a grill to high heat.
• Combine the butter, garlic, the juice from the lemons and a few pinches of salt and pepper in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Cook until the butter melts. Stir together the parsley, Parmesan and Romano in a medium bowl.
• Arrange the oyster shells on the grill grate. Spoon the butter mixture over the oysters. Add the bread to the grill cut-side down and cook until grill marks appear, 30 seconds to 1 minute. Remove the bread from the grill. Cover the grill with the lid and cook until the oysters begin to reduce in size, 3 to 4 minutes.
• Spoon the parsley mixture over each oyster, cover the grill and cook until the cheese is melted and the oysters are cooked to desired doneness, 30 seconds to 1 minute longer. Remove the oysters to a serving platter. Serve immediately with the bread.

BAKED OYSTERS WITH BREAD CRUMBS AND GARLIC (OSTRICHE ALL' ITALIA

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 450*. Choose an ovenproof platter or a shallow baking dish that is just large enough to hold the oysters in one layer (about 8 x 10"). Butter the dish generously.
• In a heavy 6-8" skillet, melt 2 Tblsp. of butter over moderate heat. When the foam subsides, add the fresh, white bread crumbs and the garlic, and toss them in the butter for 2-3 minutes, or until they are crisp and golden. Stir in the fresh parsley.
• Spread about 2/3 cup of the bread-crumb mixture in the bottom of the buttered baking dish, and arrange the oysters over it in one layer.
• Mix the rest of the bread-crumb mixture with the grated cheese and spread the combination on the oysters. Dot the top with the tiny bits of butter.
• Bake the oysters in the top third of the oven for 12-15 minutes, or until the crumbs are golden and the juices in the dish are bubbling. Serve at once, either as a main course or as part of the antipasto.