Oysters Bienville

Recipe Ingredients

1/2 lb	227g / 8oz	Sliced bacon - chopped
1 cup	62g / 2.2oz	Chopped yellow onions
1 teaspoon	5ml	Salt
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	Cayenne
2 teaspoons	10ml	Chopped garlic
1/4 cup	49g / 1.7oz	Unsalted butter - (1/2 stick)
1 cup	62g / 2.2oz	Bleached all-purpose flour
2 cups	474ml	Milk
1/2 cup	118ml	Dry white wine
1/4 lb	113g / 4oz	White button mushrooms - wiped clean,
		Stems trimmed, and sliced - (abt 2 cups)
1 lb	454g / 16oz	Medium-size shrimp - peeled, deveined,
		And chopped
3 tablespoons	45ml	Fresh lemon juice
1/2 cup	31g / 1.1oz	Chopped green onions (green part only)
		Or scallions
3 tablespoons	45ml	Chopped fresh parsley leaves
4 tablespoons	60ml	Egg yolks - lightly beaten (large)
3		Medium-size oysters - shucked and drained,
		Reserve the deeper bottom shells
		Rock salt - (optional)

Recipe Instructions

In a large skillet over medium-high heat, fry the bacon until crisp, about 8 minutes. Add the onions, salt, and cayenne and cook, stirring, for 2 minutes. Add the garlic and butter, and cook, stirring, for 2 minutes until the butter melts. Add the flour and, stirring slowly and constantly, cook for 2 minutes. Add the milk and wine and stir to blend.

Reduce the heat to medium, then add the mushrooms and shrimp. Stir and fold to mix and cook until the mixture is very thick, about 12 minutes. Add the lemon juice, green onions, and parsley and stir to mix well. Remove from the heat, add the beaten egg yolks, and blend well. Let cool to room temperature.

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Arrange the reserved oyster shells on a bed of rock salt in 4 pie pans or on a large baking sheet. Put an oyster in each shell and top it with about 2 heaping tablespoons of the sauce. Or, the oysters can be put in a shallow pan (without the shells and rock salt) and topped with the sauce to bake. Bake until the sauce is delicately browned and the oysters begin to curl at the edges, about 20 minutes. Serve hot.

This recipe yields 12 servings (3 oysters per person).

Source:
EMERIL LIVE with Emeril Lagasse - (Show # EM-1C72) - from the TV FOOD - NETWORK

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