This is a favourite of mine to “jazz up” simple oysters. Impress your friends and family with this simple recipe. And if you really feel like being classy, enjoy them with a glass of bubbles – YUM!
Oysters Rockefeller
Ingredients
- 1 dozen shucked oysters
- 1 pack of bacon (finely diced)
- 1 Tbsp butter
- 2 small shallots (finely diced)
- 1 tsp minced garlic
- 1 Tbsp white wine
- 1 Tbsp parmesan
- 1/3 cup panko breadcrumbs
- Black pepper
Instructions
- With a knife loosen the muscle of the oyster in the shell so that they are easy to eat once cooked.
- Place the oysters on a baking tray.
- Fry the bacon in a pan until crispy.
- Remove the bacon from the pan, leaving the bacon fat behind.
- Add the butter and fry the shallots and garlic in the bacon fat butter.
- Add the wine and cook for a few minutes.
- Remove from the pan and combine with the bacon.
- Add parmesan, panko crumbs and black pepper to the bacon and shallot mixture to create the crumb topping.
- Spoon the crumb topping over the oysters.
- Bake at 200 degrees Celsius for 10 minutes.
- Enjoy with a squeeze of lemon and a glass of bubbles if desired.
