Oysters Rockefeller. For the oysters: Melt butter in a skillet. Place the bread crumbs in a mixing bowl and add half the garlic butter, set aside. Place bacon in a large, deep skillet.
Lightly press the oyster shells down into the salt.
Clean oysters, and place in a large stockpot.
Arrange oysters in half shells atop rock salt.
You can cook Oysters Rockefeller using 9 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Oysters Rockefeller
- Prepare 3 dozen of oysters.
- You need 4 Tablespoons of unsalted butter.
- Prepare 1 cup of minced shallots.
- You need 4 oz of spinach leaves, chopped (about 6 cups).
- It's 1/2 cup of finely chopped parsley (I use stems and all).
- Prepare 3/4 cup of panko (Japanese bread crumbs).
- Prepare 2/3 cup of grated Parmesan cheese.
- Prepare 2 of green onions, chopped.
- Prepare of Lemon wedges.
Jules developed the dish due to a shortage of escargot, substituting the locally available oysters. The recipe remains unchanged, with an estimated three and a half million orders having been served. The appetizer, oysters topped with a mixture of finely chopped. A must-make dish for any oyster aficionado, Oysters Rockefeller is a luxurious appetizer that turns any occasion into a very special one.
Oysters Rockefeller step by step
- Preheat oven to 450F. In a medium pot or pan, melt butter over medium-high heat. When all butter is melted, saute shallots until translucent..
- Add spinach and parsley and keep sauteing until spinach is wilted..
- Add panko, Parmesan cheese, and green onions and stir and fold to thoroughly combine..
- While your mixture's cooling, shuck your oysters and set them on a foil lined broiler pan. I find the slots in the broiler pan help hold the oysters in place..
- Top each oyster with somewhere between 1 to 2 Tablespoons of topping, depending on size..
- Roast for 6 to 8 minutes until the topping is golden brown and the oysters have just plumped. (Forgot this pic! :D).
- Serve with lemon wedges - I highly recommend a good squeeze on each oyster - and enjoy!.
- Tags: oysters, seafood, appetizers, New Years Eve, party food.
They're perfect to serve for Mother's Day brunch or a sophisticated New Year's shindig, but I wouldn't stop you from making these for a quiet dinner at home, either, as long as there's some bubbly and someone to enjoy them with. Oysters Rockefeller are the creation of a New Orleans restaurant and the original recipe is a secret to this day. The topping on the oysters was considered so rich, the dish was named after the richest person of the day, John D Rockefeller. Shuck the oysters, then place each oyster in the deeper half of the shell. Put the shells on a bed of rock salt in a small baking tray.
