Description
Oysters Rockefeller consists of oysters on the half-shell that have been topped with a rich sauce of butter, parsley, and spinach and cheese – then baked.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 medium onion, finely chopped
- 1/2 cup butter, cubed
- 1 package (9 ounces) fresh spinach, torn
- 1 cup grated Romano cheese
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1/8 teaspoon pepper
- 2 pounds kosher salt
- 3 dozen fresh oysters in the shell, washed
Instructions
- In a large skillet, saute onion in butter until tender.
- Add spinach; cook and stir until wilted. Remove from the heat; stir in cheese, lemon juice and pepper.
- Spread kosher salt into 2 ungreased 15x10x1-in. baking pans.
- Shuck oysters, reserving oyster and its liquid in bottom shell.
- Lightly press oyster shells down into the salt, using salt to keep oysters level.
- Top each with 2-1/2 tsp. spinach mixture.
- Bake, uncovered, at 450° until oysters are plump, 6-8 minutes.
- Serve immediately.