Oysters Rockefeller
Ingredients
- 8 oz unsalted butter
- 1 oz chopped parsley
- 2 oz chopped celery
- 2 oz chopped fennel
- 2 oz chopped shallots
- 1 tsp chopped garlic
- 4 oz chopped watercress
- 2 oz fresh bread crumbs
- salt and pepper
- 4 doz oysters on the half shell
- rock salt
Directions
Heat the butter in a sauté pan. Add the parsley, celery, fennel, shallots and garlic and cook for 5 minutes.
Add the watercress and cook for 1 minute.
Add the bread crumbs; season with salt and pepper.
Top each oyster with approximately 2 tsp of the mixture; it should cover the surface of the oyster.
Bake the oysters on a bed of rock salt at 450* until the mixture bubbles, approximately 6-7 minutes.
