Oysters Rockefeller is a rich seafood appetizer. This recipe adds three types of cheese to the creamy sauce for an even more decadent version of the classic.
Prep
33 min
Cook
79 min
Servings
Difficulty
Hard
Ingredients
48 fresh
, unopened oysters
1.5 cups beer
2 cloves garlic
7 blacks peppercorns
seasoned salt to taste
0.5 cups butter
1 onion
, chopped
1 clove garlic
, crushed
1
, 10 ounce
8 ounces Monterey Jack cheese
, shredded
8 ounces fontina cheese
, shredded
8 ounces mozzarella cheese
, shredded
0.5 cups milk
2 teaspoons salt
, or to taste
1 teaspoon ground black pepper
2 tablespoons fine bread crumbs
Instructions
1
Clean oysters, and place them in a large stockpot. Pour in beer and enough water to cover oysters; add 2 cloves of garlic, peppercorns, and seasoned salt. Bring to a boil. Remove from heat, drain, and cool.
2
Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C.)
3
Once oysters are cooled, break off and discard the top shell. Arrange oysters on a baking sheet.
4
Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Cook onion and garlic in butter until soft. Reduce heat to low; stir in spinach, Monterey Jack, fontina, and mozzarella. Cook until cheese melts, stirring frequently. Stir in milk; season with salt and pepper. Spoon sauce over each oyster, just filling the shell. Sprinkle with bread crumbs.
5
Bake in the preheated oven until golden and bubbly, approximately 8 to 10 minutes.
Nutrition per serving
Printed from PantryLink · https://pantrylink.app/recipes/rockin-oysters-rockefeller