* Exported from MasterCook *

OYSTERS BAKED WITH GARLIC PINE NUT BUTTER

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Serving Size : 4 Preparation Time :0:20
Categories : 0-5G Low Carb Seafood Oysters


Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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1/4 cup Pine nuts
3 Garlic clove -- peeled
2 Shallots -- peeled
2 tbsp Parsley -- fresh-chopped
2 tbsp Chives -- fresh-chopped
2 tbsp lemon juice
1 tbsp Brandy
1 tsp Pepper -- black
3/4 cup Butter -- room temperature
24 Oysters -- in shells scrubbed
Rock salt

Scatter pine nuts in a pie plate and bake in a 350°F-180°C oven until golden, 4-6 minutes. Pour toasted nuts into a food processor along with the garlic, shallots, parsley, chives, lemon juice, brandy and pepper Whirl until finely chopped. Slowly add the butter and pulse until just blended
Bits of all the ingredients should still be visible. Shuck oysters and discard top shells. Nestle oysters, in their bottom shells, in a 1/2 inch 13mm layer of rock salt in a baking pan or shallow oven-proof dish.
Spoon about 1 teaspoon butter on top of each oyster (freeze leftover butter) Bake oysters in a 350°F-180°C oven until they become firm and butter melts, 8-10 minutes.


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Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 408 Calories; 40g Fat (87.9% calories from fat); 6g Protein; 6g Carbohydrate; 1g Dietary Fiber; 120mg Cholesterol; 460mg Sodium. Exchanges: 0 Grain(Starch); 1/2 Lean Meat; 1/2 Vegetable; 0 Fruit; 7 1/2 Fat; 0 Other Carbohydrates.

NOTES : The AUSSIE Low Carb Gourmet Tony Blakemore
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