Description
A seasonal side dish or appetizer with fresh oysters and fennel.
Ingredients
- 1 teaspoon fennel seed, ground
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1 tablespoon shallots, minced
- 1 tablespoon chopped fennel greens
- 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 24 unopened, fresh, live medium oysters
Instructions
- Prepare and light a grill or preheat the oven to 500 degrees F (260 degrees C).
- In a small bowl
- blend together the butter
- ground fennel seeds
- shallots
- fennel bulb
- fennel greens
- pepper and salt.
- Arrange the oysters on the grill or oven rack
- cover and cook for 3 to 5 minutes or until they start hissing and begin to open.
- Using an oyster knife
- pry each oyster open at the hinge
- loosen the oyster and discard the flat shell. Top each oyster with 1/2 teaspoon of the fennel butter. Return to grill and cook until butter is melted and hot.
Servings: 24