Name: Oysters with bacon butter
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 2 rashers rindless bacon (130g), chopped finely; 90 gram butter, softened; 1 tablespoon tomato sauce; 1 tablespoon worcestershire sauce; 2 tablespoon finely chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley; 24 oysters (600g), on the half shell

Oysters with bacon butter

Oysters are an amazingly versatile seafood. They are delicious topped with a little squeeze of lemon juice, or with melted cheese, or with Asian style dressing. Here, we've topped them with a robustly flavoured bacon butter.

Ingredients

2 rashers rindless bacon (130g), chopped finely

90 gram butter, softened

1 tablespoon tomato sauce

1 tablespoon worcestershire sauce

2 tablespoon finely chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley

24 oysters (600g), on the half shell

Method

1.Cook bacon on heated oiled flat plate, stirring, until crisp; drain on absorbent paper, cool.

2.Beat butter in small bowl until smooth; stir in sauces and parsley. Stir cooled bacon into butter mixture.

3.Place a heaped teaspoon of bacon butter onto each oyster; cook on heated grill plate until butter is melted.

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