Oysters Bienville

Serves: 5

Camila Dooley

1 January 1970

Based on User reviews:

56

Spice

48

Sweetness

59

Sourness

40

mins

Prep time (avg)

5.3

Difficulty

Ingredients:

2 tbsps

Butter

2 tbsps

Flour

Directions:

1

Sauté the chopped shallots in the butter and slowly stir over a very low heat until the onions are well cooked, but not brown

2

Sprinkle the shallots with the flour and cook until the flour begins to brown

3

Add the chicken broth and the mushrooms and mix well

4

Beat the egg yolk into the wine and add to the chicken broth mixture, beating all the while

5

Season with the salt and cayenne, and cook over a low heat for 15 minutes

6

Heat a pan of ice cream salt in a 400-degree oven for 15 minutes

7

Place the oysters on the half shell in the hot ice cream salt and return to the oven for about 5 minutes

8

Spoon the sauce over each oyster and sprinkle with a mixture of the bread crumbs and cheese

9

Return to the oven and bake until the bread crumb mixture is lightly browned

10

Two dozen oysters served this way will serve four

11

Sauté the chopped shallots in the butter and slowly stir over a very low heat until the onions are well cooked, but not brown

12

Sprinkle the shallots with the flour and cook until the flour begins to brown

13

Add the chicken broth and the mushrooms and mix well

14

Beat the egg yolk into the wine and add to the chicken broth mixture, beating all the while

15

Season with the salt and cayenne, and cook over a low heat for 15 minutes

16

Heat a pan of ice cream salt in a 400-degree oven for 15 minutes

17

Place the oysters on the half shell in the hot ice cream salt and return to the oven for about 5 minutes

18

Spoon the sauce over each oyster and sprinkle with a mixture of the bread crumbs and cheese

19

Return to the oven and bake until the bread crumb mixture is lightly browned

20

Two dozen oysters served this way will serve four