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Oysters Florentine

Type: Fish, Shellfish
Serves: 6 people

Recipe Ingredients

36   Oysters (medium)
1/4 cup 15g / 0.5ozChopped onion
1 tablespoon 15mlChopped cooked bacon
1 tablespoon 15mlSalt
1 tablespoon 15mlGrated Parmesan cheese
2 cups 474mlCooked spinach
1/2 cup 73g / 2.6ozDry bread crumbs
1 tablespoon 15mlChopped parsley
6 tablespoons 90mlMelted 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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