Recipe

Oysters Bienville Recipe


Oysters Bienville Recipe Waterlily / All my dishes
1 year, 8 months ago
Another dish that I learned from my old friend Sherry in New Orleans.
Prep:10m Cook:35m Servings:4

Waterlily

 Does this look good? Yeah! / Nope
Fans
Ingredients
  • 1/4 c unsalted sweet cream butter
  • 4 green onions, chopped
  • 2 T chopped fresh parsley
  • 2-4 garlic cloves, crushed
  • 1/2 c thinly sliced mushrooms
  • 1/2 pound shrimp, peeled, deveined, and boiled; chopped fine
  • 1/4 c unbleached or all-purpose flour
  • 1 cup heavy cream
  • 2 egg yolks, beaten until light & frothy
  • 1/4 cup sherry
  • freshly ground black pepper to taste
  • 1/2 - 1 t cayenne, ground or crushed
  • salt to taste
  • 1/2 c parmesan cheese, grated
  • 1/4-1/3 dry bread crumbs
  • 1/2 t salt
  • 24 oysters, shucked
  • 24 well-scrubbed oyster shells
  • rock salt

Directions
  1. In a large heavy skillet, melt butter over medium heat.
  2. Add green onions, parsley, garlic, mushrooms and shrimp.
  3. Cook until vegetables are translucent and liquid has cooked off, about 10 minutes.
  4. Stir in flour and blend, cook about 4 minutes, stirring almost constantly.
  5. Slowly stir in cream, continue stirring until combined.
  6. Cook until thickened, about 5 minutes.
  7. Set aside.
  8. Combine cheese, bread crumbs, and 1/2 t salt, set aside.
  9. Preheat oven to 400F.
  10. Line a large baking pan with rock salt.
  11. Pat oysters dry, place one oyster in each oyster shell, and nest shells down into the rock salt.
  12. Spoon a portion of shrimp mixture over each oyster and sprinkle with the cheese mixture.
  13. Bake in preheated oven until bubbly and brown on top, about 10-15 minutes.
  14. Serve hot.

Recent Gawkers
Not quite what you're looking for? See more Main Dish / Shellfish
Comments

danadooley 1 year, 8 months ago said:
Oh, I could see myself easily slurping my way through a dozen of these with tummy room to spare. Can I have your friend sherry's number lol

jencathen 1 year, 6 months ago said:
These look great. This is very similiar to my recipe so it's getting a 5!


Add a Comment
You must be logged in to comment on a recipe. Login
Alterations
No alterations yet


Suggest an Alteration
You must be logged in to suggest a recipe alteration. Login
Viewing Oysters Bienville Recipe

Tool Box

url
Digg! add to del.icio.us stumble upon
Print Recipe
Email it
Send Recipe to Cell Phone
Login to Add a Note [?]
Login to Save this [?]
Subscribe to waterlily [?]
Flag as Interesting/Unique [?]
Add to Comparison Queue [?]

Flavors

Login to Add Flavor Tags [?]

Ratings & Honors

5

Average score: 5 / 5
No. of ratings: 2
You need to be logged in to rate a recipe.
Who Liked This?
Recipe Honors

Similar Recipes

Related Recipes

Groups

This recipe belongs to the following groups:
You need to be logged in to add a recipe to a group

Related Menus

Related Tags

Home | About | Blog | Contact | Terms | Tell a Friend | Link it up | add to delicious
Copyright © 2007 GroupRecipes.com - The Food Social Network
Recent Searches
Korean Bbq Recipe - Butter Pancake Recipe - Pasta With Sausage - Pulled Pork Sandwich Recipe - Fast Recipe - Bbq Salmon Recipe - Low Fat Chicken Salad Recipe - Country Fried Steak Recipe - Chicken Dip - Cheese Rue Sauce - String Bean With Mushroom Soup Casserole - Stuffed Pears - Cheap Casseroles - Easy Pot Pie - Pineapple Curry - Lemon Porkchops - Delicious Recipes - How To Make Hotdog Wraps - How To Bake A Duck - Chicken Dip - Oatmeal Peanut Butter Bars Recipe - Oreo Cookie Bark -