Oysters Rockafeller

Total Time: 1 hr 8 mins
Preparation Time: 45 mins
Cook Time: 23 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup unsalted butter


• 1/2 cup chopped flat leaf parsley


• 1/4 cup green onion


• 1/4 chopped fennel bulb


• 1 teaspoon chervil or 1 teaspoon tarragon


• 2 celery leaves, chopped


• 2 cups watercress


• 1/3 cup breadcrumbs


• 2 tablespoons anise liqueur


• 1/4 teaspoon salt


• 1/4 teaspoon pepper


• 1/8 teaspoon hot sauce


• 0.5 (4 lb) box rock salt


• 2 dozen fresh oysters, on the half shell

Recipe

• 1 belt butter in a skillet and add parsely and next 4 ingriedients.


• 2 saute 2- 3 minutes.


• 3 add watercress and cook 2 more minutes. cool.


• 4 pulse parsely mixture in a food processor with remaining 13 tablespoons butter, breadcrumbs and liqueuer and process untilsmooth.


• 5 mix salt, pepper and hot sauce.


• 6 fill pieplates with 2 pounds of rock salt.


• 7 dampen slightly and arrange oysters on plates.


• 8 top each oyster with parsely mixtureb.


• 9 bake at 450 for 12-15 minutes.


• 10 squirt fresh lemon juice over oysters and enjoy.