Oysters Rockefeller

Name: Oysters Rockefeller
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 118 milliliters dry breadcrumbs; 1 teaspoon fennel seeds, ground; 1 garlic clove; 118 milliliters chopped green onions; 24 fresh oysters, shucked, shells reserved; 59 milliliters freshly grated Parmesan cheese; 1 teaspoon hot pepper sauce; 2 Tbsps Pernod or other anise-flavored liqueur; 454 grams (about) rock salt; 473 milliliters loosely packed fresh spinach; 1 bunch watercress, stems trimmed; 177 milliliters (11/2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature

Oysters Rockefeller is From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes. If you have oysters, fennel seeds, garlic clove, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it.

Instructions

Position rack in top third of oven and preheat to 450°F. Finely chop garlic in processor.

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Garlic

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Oven

Add spinach, watercress and green onions to garlic. Process, using on/off turns, until mixture is finely chopped.

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Green Onions

Watercress

Spinach

Garlic

Transfer mixture to medium bowl.

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Bowl

Combine butter, breadcrumbs, Pernod, fennel and hot sauce in processor. Process until well blended. Return spinach mixture to processor. Process, using on/off turns, just until mixtures are blended. Season with salt and pepper. (Can be made 8 hours ahead. Cover; chill.)

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Salt And Pepper

Breadcrumbs

Hot Sauce

Spinach

Butter

Fennel

Pernod

Sprinkle rock salt over large baking sheet to depth of 1/2 inch. Arrange oysters in half shells atop rock salt. Top each oyster with 1 tablespoon spinach mixture.

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Rock Salt