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Basil Butter Broiled Oysters

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Basil Butter Broiled Oysters

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  • This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Way to Prepare Oysters
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    eatboutique's Notes:

    I love oysters, raw, grilled, broiled or baked. I especially love them lathered in butter, herby butter, like in this recipe.

Serves 6, as a starter

  1. Set your oven to broil with the top track 6-8 inches away from the flame.

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  2. Shuck the oysters and place them in a large casserole dish.

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  3. Mush the butter with the garlic, basil, parsley, paprika, salt and black pepper. Divide the butter evenly among the raw oysters by dropping 1 teaspoon on top of each oyster.

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  4. Place the dish in the oven and broil for 5 minutes, or until the butter mixture melts and bubbles and browns a bit.

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  5. Set the hot dish (with a warning!) between your guests immediately, along with lemon wedges.

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2 Comments on Basil Butter Broiled Oysters

N760970460_4333897_8013 Reply

Aww, thank you! Your leek, lemon & feta quiche looks DIVINE (as do all of yours). It went into my 'better try asap' folder. :)

2009-11-28_phanouropita_acp Reply

OK, I know you're going to enter these in this week's contest, yes? They sound divine. For the record, I also love so many of your other recipes—I want to save/bookmark them all! Glad I found you (or you found me; thanks for "fanning"). Good luck in the contests.

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