Oysters Rockefeller Soup Recipes

OYSTERS ROCKEFELLER

Steps:

• For the oysters: Melt butter in a skillet. Saute the garlic for 2 minutes to infuse the butter. Place the bread crumbs in a mixing bowl and add half the garlic butter, set aside. To the remaining garlic butter in the skillet, add shallots and spinach, cook for 3 minutes until the spinach wilts. Deglaze the pan with Pernod. Season with salt and pepper, add a dash of red pepper sauce. Allow the mixture to cook down for a few minutes. Finish off the bread crumbs by mixing in olive oil, Parmesan and chervil, season with salt and pepper. Spoon 1 heaping teaspoon of the spinach mixture on each oyster followed by a spoonful of the bread crumb mixture. Sprinkle a baking pan amply with rock salt. Arrange the oysters in the salt to steady them. Bake in a preheated 450 degree F oven for 10 to 15 minutes until golden. Serve with lemon wedges and red pepper sauce.
• For the sauce: In a small bowl whisk together all ingredients. Cover and chill 1 hour before serving with oysters. Yield: 3/4 cup

OYSTERS ROCKEFELLER

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (220 degrees C). Place bacon in a large, deep skillet. Cook over medium high heat until evenly brown. Drain, crumble and set aside.
• Clean oysters and place in a large stockpot. Pour in enough water to cover oysters; bring the water and oysters to a boil. Remove from heat and drain and cool oysters. When cooled break the top shell off of each oyster.
• Using a food processor, chop the bacon, spinach, bread crumbs, green onions, and parsley. Add the salt, hot sauce, olive oil and anise-flavored liqueur and process until finely chopped but not pureed, about 10 seconds.
• Arrange the oysters in their half shells on a pan with kosher salt. Spoon some of the spinach mixture on each oyster. Bake 10 minutes until cooked through, then change the oven's setting to broil and broil until browned on top. Serve hot.

OYSTERS ROCKEFELLER SOUP

Steps:

• Melt butter and stir in flour.
• Add garlic and onions; cook over medium high heat until onions are transparent.
• Add oysters; cook until oysters are firm, about 8 minutes.
• Add chicken broth and cream, stir well to combine.
• Add spinach and bring to a boil.
• Remove soup from heat and allow to cool a bit.
• If desired, process in a blender or food processor until well blended.
• I usually purée half to give the soup some body.
• Season to taste with seasonings and serve.

OYSTERS ROCKEFELLER CHOWDER

Steps:

• Shuck oysters and reserve liquor. Cook bacon, reserve fat, dice bacon. Peel the potato, cut into 1/4-inch cubes, and hold in water. In large saute pan, heat bacon fat; add shallots and saute. Add liqueur and flambe. Add the bacon and the spinach, and saute briefly. Add heavy cream, oyster liquor, potato cubes, white pepper, nutmeg and salt. Bring to a boil and reduce heat to low, simmer for 3 minutes. Adjust seasonings if necessary. Sprinkle with cheddar and serve with oyster crackers.

OYSTERS ROCKEFELLER

Steps:

• 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.,