Oysters Florentine Recipe - Cooking Index

Oysters Florentine

Type: Fish, Shellfish
Serves: 6 people

Recipe Ingredients

36   Oysters (medium)
1/4 cup  Chopped onion
1 tablespoon  Chopped cooked bacon
1 tablespoon  Salt
1 tablespoon  Grated Parmesan cheese
2 cups  Cooked spinach
1/2 cup  Dry bread crumbs
1 tablespoon  Chopped parsley
6 tablespoons  Melted margarine or vegetable oil
  Opyional Ingredients
  A few drops of lemon juice
  Worcestershire sauce - to taste
  Hot pepper sauce - to taste

Recipe Instructions

Preheat oven to 475 degrees. Shuck oysters as if to be served on the half shell.

Make Florentine mixture by combining spinach, onion, bread crumbs, bacon, parsley, salt and margarine thoroughly. Cover each oyster with Florentine mixture.

Place oysters in a shallow baking pan. Sprinkle 1 tablespoon of Parmesan cheese over the oysters. Bake about 10 minutes or until plump. May be browned under a broiler.

This recipe yields 6 servings.

Source:
New York Seafood Council at http://www.nyseafood.org

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